Laura Read

Dresses from the Old Country

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Produktbeschreibung

A lyric reflection on a continually unfolding life by the former poet laureate of Spokane, WA.

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Produktdetails

• American Poets Continuum Nr.168
• Verlag: BOA Editions
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 147mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9781942683667
• ISBN-10: 1942683669
• Artikelnr.: 50694961

Autorenporträt

Laura Read was born in New York City and has lived most of her life in Spokane, WA. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018), Instructions for My Mother¿s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry), and the chapbook The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). A recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize for Poetry, and the Crab Creek Review Prize for Poetry, Laura presents regularly at literary festivals and conferences throughout the Northwest, including GetLit!, Write on the Sound, Litfuse, and the Port Townsend Writers Conference. Laura served as Spokane¿s Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, and she currently teaches at Spokane Falls Community College.