Connie Wanek (born June 1, 1952) 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
She was born in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
, and grew up in
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New ...
. In 1989, she moved with her family to
Duluth, Minnesota
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. She now divides her time between Minnesota and New Mexico.
Her work appeared in ''Poetry'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''Quarterly West'', ''Poetry East'', ''Prairie Schooner'', and ''Missouri Review''.
She has published four books of poetry, one book of short prose, and served as co-editor (with
Joyce Sutphen
Joyce Sutphen (born August 10, 1949) is an American poet who served as Minnesota's Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2021. She was the state's second laureate, appointed by Governor Mark Dayton in August, 2011 to succeed Robert Bly. Sutphen is professor ...
and
Thom Tammaro) of the comprehensive historical anthology of Minnesota women poets, called ''To Sing Along the Way'' (New Rivers Press, 2006).
Ted Kooser
Theodore J. Kooser (born 25 April 1939) is an American poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2005. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006. Kooser was one of the first poets laureate selec ...
, Poet Laureate of the United States (2004–2006), named her a Witter Bynner Fellow of the Library of Congress for 2006.
Awards
* Willow Poetry Prize
* Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize.
* 2006
Witter Bynner Fellowship
Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by t ...
of the Library of Congress by United States Poet Laureate
Ted Kooser
Theodore J. Kooser (born 25 April 1939) is an American poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2005. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006. Kooser was one of the first poets laureate selec ...
.
* 2009 George Morrison Artist of the Year
Work
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* ''Consider the Lilies: Mrs. God Poems.'' 2018. ISBN 978-1-7220805-0-1.
* ''Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets At Play Among Figures Of Speech.'' (w/
Ted Kooser
Theodore J. Kooser (born 25 April 1939) is an American poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2005. He served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 to 2006. Kooser was one of the first poets laureate selec ...
, Illustrator: Richard Jones) 2022. ISBN 978-1536203035.
Anthologies
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References
External links
"Author's website""Leftovers", ''Narrative'', Winter 2008*
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Writers from Madison, Wisconsin
Writers from Duluth, Minnesota
Poets from Wisconsin
1952 births
Living people
American women poets
People from Las Cruces, New Mexico
Poets from Minnesota
Poets from New Mexico
20th-century American poets
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American poets
21st-century American women writers