Filipelli Publishes Elseplace
Congratulations to Laura Filipelli (MFA, Poetry, 2003) on the publication of her first book, Elseplace, by the Brooklyn Arts Press!
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Ryan Teitman wins $25,000 from NEA
| Ryan Teitman, MFA 2010 (Poetry), recieved $25,000 from the NEA to work on his second collection of poems. See story here Congratulations Ryan! |
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Kyle Dargan interviewed by Bill Moyers
| Poet Kyle Dargan (MFA, 2006) was recently interviewed by Bill Moyers for an upcoming episode of "Moyers & Company" on PBS. He recently read from his work on WFIU's "The Poets Weave". Podcast |
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Phil Metres wins NEA Grant
| Phil Metres (MFA, PhD; 2001) was recently awarded a 2013 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Congratulations Phil! |
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David J Daniels, MFA Poetry, 1999, won the Four Way Books Intro Prize
David J Daniels, MFA Poetry, 1999, won the Four Way Books Intro Prize for Poetry this year,for his collection CLEAN (selected by D.A. Powell):
http://www.fourwaybooks.com/
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Marcus Wicker's first book Maybe the Saddest Thing was selected by DA Powell for the National Poetry Series
Marcus Wicker was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His first book Maybe the Saddest Thing was selected by DA Powell for the National Poetry Series and is forthcoming from Harper Collins in 2012. The recipient of a 2011 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, he has also held fellowships from Cave Canem, the Fine Arts Work Center, and Indiana University where he received his MFA. Marcus is assistant professor of English at University of Southern Indiana.
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Ryan Teitman's first collection of poems, Litany for the City, will be published in March 2012
| Ryan Teitman is a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, and his first collection of poems, Litany for the City, will be published by BOA Editions in March 2012. |
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Teitman (MFA 2010) wins Poulin Prize
Congratulations to Ryan Teitman (MFA 2010) who won the 2011 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize for his first collection of poems, Litany for the City. Jane Hirshfield selected this manuscript from 16 finalists and will write a Foreword to the published collection. Teitman will receive a $1,500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in March, 2012, in the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series.
An annual competition, the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is open to poets who have yet to publish a full-length-book collection of poetry. |
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Julia Story (MFA '04) wins Zacharis First Book Award
Congratulations to Julia Story (MFA '04) for winning the twentieth annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her prose poetry collection Post Moxie: Poems (Sarabande Books, 2010). The $1,500 award, named after Emerson College's former president, honors the best debut book by a Ploughshares writer. Story had previously won the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for the same collection.
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Neil Perry (MFA '08) wins 2011 APR/Honickman First Book Prize
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