Jacqueline Kolosov (born in

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) is an American

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, children's book author, and professor. Her most recent collection of poetry is ''Modigliani's Muse'' ( WordTech Communications, 2009), and her most recent young adult novel is ''A Sweet Disorder'' ( Hyperion Books, 2009). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''

The Southern Review ''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes fiction ...

, Shenandoah,

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

, Passages North Orion,'' ''

PRISM International ''Prism International'' (styled ''PRISM international'') is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1959, it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine. The magazine was started with name ''Prism'' ...

The Malahat Review ''The Malahat Review'' is a Canadian quarterly literary magazine established in 1967. It features contemporary Canadian and international works of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as well as reviews of recently published Canadian litera ...

, Ecotone,'' and ''

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,'' and her honors include a fellowship from the

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. She was raised in and around

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and graduated from

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with a B.A. and an M.A., and from

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with a Ph.D. She teaches currently at

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...

. She lives in

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with husband, poet William Wenthe, and their daughter Sophia. Jacqueline is a vegetarian and loves to ride horses.

Honors and awards

* 2008 NEA Literature Fellowship * 2005 Glen Workshop Fellowship, '' Image'' Magazine * 1992-1996 Multi-Year Fellowship,

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections * * Chapbooks * * * ''Fabergé'', Finishing Line Press, 2003 * ''Danish Ocean'', Pudding House Press, 2003 Juvenile Fiction * * * Juvenile Nonfiction * * * Anthologies Edited * Cookbooks * ''Cooking with Horse'', Self-Published, 2010

References

External links

Poem: ''Orion Magazine'' > July/August 2007 > ''Quickening'' by Jacqueline Kolosov
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