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Dawn Lundy Martin is an American poet, essayist and activist. She has received a number of awards such as the Academy of American Arts and Science's May Sarton Prize for Poetry. Martin is currently faculty at
Interview with the Rumpus
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Dawn Lundy Martin is an American poet, essayist and activist. She has received a number of awards such as the Academy of American Arts and Science's May Sarton Prize for Poetry. Martin is currently faculty at University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
and director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. Martin received the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for her book ''Good Stock, Strange Blood'' published by Coffee House Press
Coffee House Press is a nonprofit independent press based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The press’s goal is to "produce books that celebrate imagination, innovation in the craft of writing, and the many authentic voices of the American experience ...
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Education and career
Martin earned a BA at theUniversity of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
, an MA at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
, and a PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...
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Martin has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Montclair State University, The New School, and Bard College.
Works
* * * ''A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering'' (2007, winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize) * * ''Discipline'' (2011, winner of the Nightboat Books Prize) * ''Life in a Box is a Pretty Life'' (Nightboat Books, 2015) * '' Good Stock, Strange Blood'' (2017)References
External links
Interview with the Rumpus
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