Ansel Elkins

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Ansel Elkins
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSarah Lawrence College,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
GenrePoetry

Ansel Elkins is an American poet and 2014 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. [1] Yale University Press published her collection Blue Yodel in 2015. [2]

The Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the first collection of a promising American poet. The contest was founded in 1919, and is the oldest annual literary award in the United States.

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Biography

Elkins was born and raised in northern Alabama. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from UNC Greensboro. [3]

Sarah Lawrence College private liberal arts college in the United States

Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. It is known for its low student-to-faculty ratio and highly individualized course of study. The school models its approach to education after the Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials, which are a key component in all areas of study. Sarah Lawrence emphasizes scholarship, particularly in the humanities, performing arts, and writing, and places high value on independent study.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro university

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, also known as UNCG and UNC Greensboro, is a public coeducational and Research university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. However, UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand-alone university and awards its own degrees. UNCG is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, specialist and doctoral degrees.

Elkins has also been a winner of a Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize [4] and the recipient of a 2013 NEA Creative Writing fellowship. [3]

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "Past Winners". Yale Series of Younger Poets. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  2. ↑ Elkins, Ansel (2015). Blue Yodel. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300213775.
  3. 1 2 "Ansel Elkins | NEA". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest - Unterberg Poetry Center - Tisch Center for the Arts - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY". www.92y.org. Retrieved 2016-01-29.


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