Catherine Barnett (born 1960 in San Francisco) is an American poet and educator. She is the author of ''Human Hours'' (

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, 2018); ''The Game of Boxes'' (

, 2012), winner of the James Laughlin Award; and ''Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced'' ( Alice James Books, 2004), winner of the

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. Her honors include a

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and a

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. She has published widely in journals and magazines including '' The American Poetry Review'', '' Barrow Street'', ''

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'', '' The Kenyon Review'', '' The Massachusetts Review'', '' The New York Review of Books'', '' The New Yorker'', '' Pleiades'', '' Poetry'', the '' Virginia Quarterly Review'', and '' The Washington Post''. Her poetry was featured in '' The Best American Poetry 2016'', edited by Edward Hirsch. Barnett teaches in the graduate and undergraduate writing programs at New York University and is a distinguished lecturer at

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. She has also taught at Princeton University, The New School, and Barnard College, where she is a Visiting Poet. She also works as an independent editor. She received her B.A. from Princeton University and an M.F.A. from the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. __NOTOC__

Honors and awards

* 2012 James Laughlin Award * 2006

* 2004

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* 2003

Published works

* ''Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes are Pierced'' ( Alice James Books, 2004) * ''The Game of Boxes'' (

, 2012) * ''

Human Hours ''Human Hours'' is a 2018 collection of poetry and essays written by Catherine Barnett, published by Graywolf Press. The collection received positive reviews. Development Originally, Barnett intended to call the book ''The Accursed Questions''. B ...

'' (

, 2018)

References

Sources

New York University > Creative Writing Program > Faculty

The New School > Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy > Faculty

External links

Graywolf Press

Alice James BooksProfile at The Whiting Foundation

''The Washington Post'' > ''A Poet's Choice'' By Edward Hisrch > Catherine Barnett > May 9, 2004

Audio: Catherine Barnett Reading for ''Fishousepoems.org''

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