Brenda Coultas

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Brenda Coultas is an American poet.

Life

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

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.dcpoetry.com/events/465
  2. ↑ "New Writing by Brenda Coultas". how2 journal. 1. Spring 2002. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ http://www.dcpoetry.com/events/441
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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