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Melissa Kwasny

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Melissa Kwasny (born Indiana) is an American poet. She was poet laureate of Montana .[1] She won the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award.[2]

She graduated from University of Montana.[3][4] She is adjunct faculty at Lesley University.[5]

Her work appeared in Boston Review,[6] and Ploughshares.[7]

Works

  • The Cloud Path (Milkweed Editions, 2024); [8][9]
  • Where Outside the Body Is the Soul Today (University of Washington Press, 2017);[10][11]
  • Pictograph (Milkweed Editions, 2015); [12][13][14]
  • The Nine Sense (Milkweed Editions, 2009),
Essays
  • Earth Recitals: Essays on Image and Vision (Lynx House Press, 2013).
Editor
  • Toward the Open Field: Poets on the Art of Poetry 1800–1950 (Wesleyan University Press, 2004)
  • with M. L. Smoker, I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poets in Defense of Global Human Rights (Lost Horse Press, 2009).

References

  1. ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Melissa Kwasny". Poets.org. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  2. ^ "Award Winners". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. ^ "Melissa Kwasny". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  4. ^ "Online Exclusive: A Conversation with Melissa Kwasny – Willow Springs Magazine". Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  5. ^ "Melissa Kwasny | Lesley University". lesley.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  6. ^ "Sparrow". Boston Review. 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  7. ^ "Melissa Kwasny". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  8. ^ ""What lifts your heart?": Melissa Kwasny on "the big loss" and taking 'The Cloud Path' to healing". Montana Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  9. ^ Gabbert, Elisa (2024-09-09). "Wander Lonely, Never Die and Other Things a Cloud Might Do". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  10. ^ "The Write Question". PRX - Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  11. ^ Aronson, Sarah (2018-01-11). "Another Letter To The Soul: The Poetry Of Melissa Kwasny". Montana Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  12. ^ "Book Review: PICTOGRAPH by Melissa Kwasny – Coal Hill Review". coalhillreview.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  13. ^ "Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny". www.publishersweekly.com. Invalid date. Retrieved 2024-11-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Willis, Wendy (2015-06-13). "Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2024-11-13.