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Celia Gilbert [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
celiagilbert@comcast.net
Bio: 

Celia Gilbert is the author of four books of poetry, Queen of Darkness, Viking, Bonfire, Alice James Books, an Ark of Sorts, Alice James Books, and the most recent, Something to Exchange, BlazeVOX{books}, 2009.
In 2009 a collection of her work appeared in a Polish-English edition, Cos na wymiane, published in Warsaw under the imprint Czuly Barbarzynca.

Her work has appeared among other places in Poetry, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Southwest Review, and Ploughshares as well as the online journals: Inertia, Memorious and thetowerjournal Her work has been frequently anthologized.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
French
Born in: 
Philadelphia
Raised in: 
Washington, DC
District Of Columbia
Prizes won: 

An Ark of Sorts, Alice James Books, won a Jane Kenyon Chapbook award.
She is the winner of a Discovery Award from the 92nd St YM-YWHA, a Consuelo Ford Award, and an Emily Dickinson Prize, both from the Poetry Society of America, and the Pushcart Prize IX.

Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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