Frannie Lindsay is an American poet. She is author of three poetry collections, most recently, ''The Snow's Wife'' (
Cavankerry Press, 2020). Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell and Millay Colonies, and
Yaddo
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. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including ''The Atlantic Monthly, The Yale Review, Black Warrior Review, The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, Southern Humanities Review, Field, Prairie Schooner,'' ''Poetry East,
Beloit Poetry Journal
The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.[Russell Sage College
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and her M.F.A. from the
Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She grew up in a musical family—her mother was a concert violinist—and she is a classical pianist and lives in
Belmont, Massachusetts with her two dogs.
Published works
Full-Length Poetry Collections
* ''The Snow's Wife'' (
Cavankerry Press, 2020)
* ''If Mercy'' (
Word Works, 2016)
* ''Our Vanishing'' (
Red Hen Press, 2014)
* ''Mayweed'' (
Word Works, 2010)
* ''Lamb'' (
Perugia Press, 2006)
* ''Where She Always Was'' (
Utah State University Press
Utah State University Press (or USU Press), founded in 1972, is a university press that is part of Utah State University. It publishes works in composition studies, folklore, Mormon history, Native American studies, nature and environment, and ...
, 2004)
Honors and awards
* 2009 Washington Prize
* 2006 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
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* 2006 Perugia Press Prize
* 2004 May Swenson Poetry Award
References
External links
Audio: ''The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor'' > Poems by Frannie Lindsay
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091116064751/http://www.perugiapress.com/books2006_lamb.html Author Page: Frannie Lindsay > Perugia Press
Poem: ''AGNI Online'' > ''Relic'' by Frannie Lindsay
Digital Book: ''Where She Was'' by Frannie Lindsay
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Poets from Massachusetts
Russell Sage College alumni
Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
University of Iowa alumni
National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Belmont, Massachusetts
American women poets
21st-century American women