Shelley Puhak is an American poet and writer. She was Eichner Professor of Creative Writing at

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. She won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for her poetry collection ''Guinevere in Baltimore''. She was a National Poetry Series winner for her poetry collection ''Harbinger'' She is also the author of ''The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World'', a double biography.

Life

Puhak was born in

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and graduated from

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with an MA, and from the

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

with an MFA. Her work has appeared in ''Alaska Quarterly Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Kenyon Review, Missouri Review, Southeast Review'', and ''Superstition Review''. She is married; she and her husband live in

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Works

*''The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World'', Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022, *''Guinevere in Baltimore'', WAYWISER Press, 2014, *''Stalin in Aruba'', Black Lawrence Press, 2010, *

References

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* * Living people People from Washington, D.C. American women poets Notre Dame of Maryland University University of Delaware alumni University of New Orleans alumni People from Catonsville, Maryland 21st-century American poets Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers {{US-poet-stub