Laura-Gray Street 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 graduated from

Hollins University Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia. Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary in the historical settlement of Botetourt Springs, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States ...

. She holds an

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

from

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

, and an M.F.A. from

Warren Wilson College Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campus ...

. She was assistant professor at

Randolph College Randolph College is a private liberal arts and sciences college in Lynchburg, Virginia. Founded in 1891 as Randolph-Macon Woman's College, it was renamed on July 1, 2007, when it became coeducational. The college offers 32 majors; 42 minors; � ...

, and serves on the board of the Greater Lynchburg Environmental Network and the Central Virginia Land Conservancy. She is now an associate professor of English, directing the Creative Writing and Visiting Writers Series Program at

, originally known as 1891 in Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her work has been published in ''The Colorado Review, Poecology, Poet Lore, Poetry Daily, Hawk & Handsaw, Many Mountains Moving, ISLE,'' ''Shenandoah'', ''Meridian'', ''Blackbird,'' the ''

Notre Dame Review ''The Notre Dame Review'' is a national literary magazine. Founded by the University of Notre Dame, it publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction quarterly. The first issue was published in Winter 1995. Awards Each year ''The Notre Dame ...

'', ''Gargoyle'', ''The Greensboro Review'', the ''Yalobusha Review'', ''New Virginia Review''. She has been a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, writer-in-residence at the Artist House at St. Mary's College in Maryland, and the Garland Distinguished Fellow at the Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences.

Awards

* Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts * Dana Award in Poetry * The Greensboro Review Award in Poetry. * 2003 poetry winner in the Emerging Writers Contest sponsored by the Southern Women Writers Conference. * 2002

Dana Award The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and novels. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana.''Poets & Writers'', September/October 200 ...

*''Isotope: A Journal of Literary Science and Nature Writing'' *''Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments''

Works

* "Shift Work". Red Bird Chapbooks. January 2018. *"Pigment and Fume". Salmon Poetry. August 2014. *"The Ecopoetry Anthology". Co-edited with

Ann Fisher-Wirth Ann Fisher-Wirth (born 25 January 1947) is an American poet and scholar, based at the University of Mississippi. She has won several teaching awards, including Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year (2006), Humanities Teacher of the Year (2 ...

. Trinity University Press. February 2013. * * * *

References

External links

"Laura-Gray Street", ''Fishouse''

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Official Website
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