Carol Guess

Carol Guess
Born	(1968-01-03) January 3, 1968 (age 57) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.[ citation needed ]
Occupation	Poet fiction writer novelist essayist
Alma mater	Columbia University Indiana University

Carol Guess (born January 3, 1968)^{[ citation needed ]} is an American poet and fiction writer. ^[1]

Biography

Guess attended Columbia University, majoring in English while studying ballet. She later earned graduate degrees in Creative Writing and English from Indiana University. ^[1] Currently^{[ when? ]} Professor of English at Western Washington University, ^[2] she lives in Bellingham, Washington.^{[ citation needed ]} Guess is a lesbian. ^[2] Her books Homeschooling,Femme's Dictionary, and Gaslight were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards. Switch was a finalist for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award in 1999. ^[3] In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by the Philolexian Society of Columbia University. ^[4]

Selected publications

• Infodemic, Black Lawrence Press, 2024.
• Sleep Tight Satellite, Tupelo Press, October 2023.
• Book of Non (co-written with Rochelle Hurt), Broadstone Books, July 2023.
• Girl Zoo (co-written with Aimee Parkison), FC2, 2019.
• True Ash (co-written with Elizabeth J. Colen), Black Lawrence Press, August 2018.
• Instructions for Staging (co-written with Kristina Marie Darling), Broadstone Books, 2017.
• Human-Ghost Hybrid Project (co-written with Daniela Olszewska), Black Lawrence Press, 2017.
• The Reckless Remainder (co-written with Kelly Magee), Noctuary Press, 2016.
• Your Sick (co-written with Elizabeth J. Colen and Kelly Magee), Jellyfish Highway Press, 2016.
• With Animal (co-written with Kelly Magee), Black Lawrence Press, 2015.
• How to Feel Confident with Your Special Talents (co-written with Daniela Olszewska), Black Lawrence Press, 2014.
• X Marks The Dress: A Registry (co-written with Kristina Marie Darling), Gold Wake Press, 2013.
• F IN (Noctuary Press, 2013)
• Index Of Placebo Effects (Matter Press, 2012)
• Doll Studies: Forensics (Black Lawrence Press, 2012)
• Darling Endangered (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2011)
• My Father In Water (Shearsman Books, 2011)
• Homeschooling (PS Publishing, 2010)
• Love Is A Map I Must Not Set On Fire (VRZHU Press, 2009)
• Tinderbox Lawn (Rose Metal Press, 2008)
• Femme's Dictionary (Calyx Books, 2004)
• Gaslight (Odd Girls Press, 2001)
• Switch (Calyx Books, 1998)
• Seeing Dell (Cleis Press, 1996)

References

1. Bloch, Julia (1 December 2004), "Educated Guess", Curve , retrieved 19 January 2009
2. Mickelson, Jory M. (2008), "Carol Guess: The Write Stuff", The Western Front , archived from the original on 2 May 2009, retrieved 22 January 2009
3. "Stonewall Book Awards", American Library Association Website, archived from the original on 16 March 2009, retrieved 22 January 2009
4. "Notes on Contributors". Tampa Review. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

• Author's blog
• Video of reading at wikiHow headquarters, July 2014
• Review of Tinderbox Lawn
• Review of Doll Studies: Forensics
• Review of Doll Studies: Forensics
• Review of Darling Endangered
• Review of F IN
• Review of X Marks The Dress: A Registry