Jane Springer
Encyclopedia
Jane Springer is an American poet
. She won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award
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with a PhD in creative writing.
She is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Hamilton College.
She was a National Endowment for the Arts
Fellow.
Dear Blackbird won the 2006 Agha Shahid Ali Prize. Her work appeared in AGNI, Sycamore Review.
She is married; they have a son.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. She won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award
Whiting Writers' Award
The Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
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Life
She graduated from Florida State UniversityFlorida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
with a PhD in creative writing.
She is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Hamilton College.
She was a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellow.
Dear Blackbird won the 2006 Agha Shahid Ali Prize. Her work appeared in AGNI, Sycamore Review.
She is married; they have a son.
Works
- Dear Blackbird, University of Utah Press, 2007
- Murder Ballad, Alice James Books, May 2012
External links
- "Interview with Jane Springer", The Cinncinati Review, Don Bogen, December 19, 2010
- http://www.versedaily.org/2007/aboutjanespringerdb.shtml
- Poet's blog