Catherine Imbriglio is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

Life

Catherine was born and lives in

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. She graduated from Regis College,

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, M.A. (creative writing), and Ph.D. 1995. She teaches at

. Her work has appeared in ''American Letters & Commentary'', ''Caliban'', ''Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts'', ''Conjunctions'', ''Contemporary Literature'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''Epoch'', ''First Intensity'', ''Indiana Review'', ''New American Writing'', ''No: A Journal of the Arts'', ''Pleiades'', ''WebConjunctions''.

Awards

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Norma Farber First Book Award The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of A ...

''Parts of the Mass'' * Untermeyer fellowship in poetry * merit award in poetry from the RI State Council on the Arts * Brown University UCS award for excellence in teaching.

Work

Poetry

Anthologies

* ''The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries'', ed. Reginald Shepherd (University of Iowa Press, 2004).

References

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