Maryann Corbett (née Zillotti,

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) is an American

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, and

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. She grew up in northern Virginia. She did her undergraduate work at the

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, and graduated with a doctorate in

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from the

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. Her work has appeared in '' Southwest Review, Barrow Street,

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Atlanta Review ''Atlanta Review'' is an international poetry journal based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Daniel Veach in 1994 and is published twice a year. Karen Head of the Georgia Institute of Technology became editor in 2016. The jou ...

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, The Dark Horse,

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, Mezzo Cammin, Linebreak,

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, Verse Daily, American Life in Poetry, The Poetry Foundation,

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'', and many other venues in print and online, as well as an assortment of anthologies, including '' The Best American Poetry 2018''. She has been a several-time Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee; a finalist for the 2009 Morton Marr Prize, the 2010 Best of the Net anthology, and the 2011 and 2016

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Book Prize; and a winner of the Lyric Memorial Award, the

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, and the

Richard Wilbur Award The Richard Wilbur Award is an American poetry award and publishing prize given by University of Evansville in Indiana. It is named in honor of the American poet Richard Wilbur and was established by William Baer, a professor at the University o ...

. Her third book, ''Mid Evil'', is the Wilbur Award winner and has been published by the University of Evansville Press. She has worked as a writing teacher and master indexer for the

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, where she has served in the state Office of the Revisor of Statutes for 35 years. She lives in

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Awards

Works

Sample poems

"Concourse"
''32 Poems'', Fall/Winter 2016
"Prayer Concerning the New, More 'Accurate' Translation of Certain Prayers"
''Rattle'', April 26, 2017; ''The Best American Poetry 2018''
"Apophatic"
''Rattle'', January 16, 2015

''Umbrella Journal'', 2008
"Hand"
''Strong Verse'', 10/30/2008

''Poetry Porch''

''The Barefoot Muse''

Collections

'The O in the Air'', Franciscan University Press (July 7, 2023)

'In Code'', Able Muse Press (November 27, 2020),

'Street View'', Able Muse Press (September 11, 2017), * ''Mid Evil'', University of Evansville Press; (January, 2015),

'Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter'', Able Muse Press; (September, 2013),

'Breath Control'', David Robert Books; (February 1, 2012), *''Dissonance'', Scienter Press; (December 1, 2009),
''Gardening in a Time of War''
(Pudding House, 2007).

Essays

'' Shit Creek Review'',
'' Directory of indexing and abstracting courses and seminars''
Editor Maryann Corbett, Information Today, Inc., 1998,

References

External links

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