Emily Warn 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 ...

. She was born in

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, grew up in

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, and was educated at Kalamazoo College, the

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, and

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. She moved to the Pacific Northwest 1978 to work for

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, and a year later moved to

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where she has lived, more or less ever since.Emily Warn
Her essays and poems have appeared in ''Poetry'', ''

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'', '' The Kenyon Review'', '' Blackbird'', '' BookForum'', ''

The Bloomsbury Review ''The Bloomsbury Review'' (''TBR'') was a nationally distributed literary magazine founded by Thomas Auer (1953–2003) in Denver, Colorado in 1980. It focused on small, regional, university, and international presses, as well as "smaller" titles ...

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The Writer's Almanac ''The Writer's Almanac'' is a daily podcast and newsletter of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Begun as a radio program in 1993,David Kipen"Flat, Slow and Fetching" ''Los Angeles Times'', April 18, 1993. it ...

''. Her most recent book of poetry, ''Shadow Architect'', was published by

Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry. It is located in Port Townsend, Washington. Copper Canyon Press publishes new collections of poetry by both popu ...

in 2008. She currently divides her time between Seattle and

Twisp, Washington Twisp is a town in Okanogan County in north central Washington, which sits at the confluence of the Twisp and Methow rivers. The population was 938 at the time of the 2000 census and decreased to 919 at the time of the 2010 census. History On ...

Selected works

Poetry

*''Shadow Architect'' (Copper Canyon Press, 2008) *''The Novice Insomniac'' (Copper Canyon Press, 1996) *''The Leaf Path'' (Copper Canyon Press, 1982)

References

Living people American women poets Poets from Michigan Writers from Seattle Writers from San Francisco Poets from California Kalamazoo College alumni University of Washington alumni Stanford University alumni People from Okanogan County, Washington Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{Washington-bio-stub