Karen Volkman (born 1967) is an American poet and academic.
Life[]
Volkman was born in Miami, Florida.
She was educated at New College of Florida, Syracuse University, and the University of Houston.
Her poems have appeared in anthologies including The Best American Poetry,[1][2] and The Pushcart Prize XXVII.[3]
She has taught at several universities, including the University of Alabama, University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago.[4]
She currently lives in Missoula, and teaches in the M.F.A. writing program at the University of Montana-Missoula.[5]
Recognition[]
- Spar, winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize
- Crash's Law, selected for the National Poetry Series by Heather McHugh.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Crash's Law: Poems. New York: Norton, 1996.
- A Form of Fire: Gedichte (bilingual German & English). Stuttgart, Germany: Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2000.
- Spar: Poems. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2002.
- Nomina: Sonnets. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions. 2008.
- Whereso. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2016.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[6]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Best American Poetry 1987, Google Books, Web, Feb. 11, 2012.
- ↑ Best American Poetry 1996, Google Books, Web, Feb. 11, 2012.
- ↑ Pushcart Prize XXVII:Best of the Small Presses, Google Books, Web, Feb. 11, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.versedaily.org/2008/aboutkarenvolkmann.shtml
- ↑ http://www.cas.umt.edu/english/faculty/volkman.htm
- ↑ Search results = au:Karen Volkman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Dec. 10, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Karen Volkman profile & 5 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- Karen Volkman b. 1967 at the Poetry Foundation
- Prose
- Books
- Karen Volkman at Amazon.com
- About
- "Octaves, Ovations: A Conversation with Karen Volkman ", winter 2003
- An Interview With Poet Karen Volkman at Poets & Writers, 2002
- 'Karen Volkman's "nomina"', January 04, 2009, Adam Fieled blog
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