Brenda Coultas

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Brenda Coultas
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Naropa University
Notable awards Norma Farber First Book Award (2004)

Brenda Coultas is an American poet.

Life

She was raised in Indiana, often working odd jobs such as welding. [1]

Contents

She graduated from Naropa University, studying with Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg. Coultas also taught at Naropa University.

She moved to New York City in 1994. With Eleni Sikelianos, she worked at the Poetry Project in NYC, edited the Poetry Project Newsletter.

In 2003, she was a visiting poet at Long Island University. She lives in the Bowery. [2]

Her work has also been published Brooklyn Rail, [3] Trickhouse, the Denver Review, and in two collections: An Anthology of New (American) Poets (Talisman 1996), and conjunctions 35 "American Poetry: States of the Art" (Fall 2000). [4]

Awards

Work

Poetry

Anthologies

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References

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  2. "New Writing by Brenda Coultas". How2 Journal. 1. Spring 2002. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. "The Brooklyn Rail - Poetry". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Brenda Coultas and Rod Smith | Washington DC Poetry Readings".
  5. "Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Workspace 2008 - Brenda Coultasl". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-06-10.