Carolyne Wright

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Carolyne Wright
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Born1949
Bellingham, Washington
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education Seattle University,
New York University
Alma mater Syracuse University
GenrePoetry

Carolyne Wright (born in 1949, in Bellingham, Washington) [1] is an American poet.

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Life

She studied at Seattle University, New York University, and graduated from Syracuse University with master's and doctoral degrees. [2]

She has held visiting creative writing posts at Radcliffe College, Sweet Briar College, Emory University, University of Wyoming, University of Miami, Oklahoma State University, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma, The College of Wooster, [3] and Cleveland State University.

She is translation editor of Artful Dodge. [4] Her work appeared in AGNI, [5] Artful Dodge, Hotel Amerika,Hunger Mountain,Iowa Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, New England Review, New Orleans Review, North American Review, Poetry,Poets & Writers, Southern Review.

From 2004 to 2008, she served on the board of directors of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP). Since 2005, she teaches at the Whidbey Writers Workshop. [6] In 2008, she is Thornton Poet in Residence at Lynchburg College, [7] and Distinguished Northwest Poet at Seattle University. She lives in Seattle. [8]

Awards

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Anthologies

Memoir

Translations

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