Carrie Fountain

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Carrie Fountain
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Fountain at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Education New Mexico State University (BA)
University of Texas at Austin (MFA)
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist

Carrie Fountain is an American poet and writer of young adult fiction. She served as 2019 Poet Laureate of Texas.

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She is from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers, [1] and received Swink Magazine's Award for Emerging Writers and the Marlboro Poetry Prize. She wrote for The Texas Observer , [2] and was poetry columnist for the Austin American-Statesman . [3]

Her work has appeared in Cimarron Review, Black Warrior Review, 32 Poems, [4] and Missouri Review Online. She lives in Austin, Texas and teaches at St. Edward's University. [5]

She was named the 2019 Poet Laureate of Texas. [6]

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References

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  2. "The Texas Observer > Carrie Fountain's Articles". Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Issues | 32 Poems Magazine".
  5. "Humanities Faculty & Staff | School of Humanities". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. "Author, Poet, and Podcast Host Carrie Fountain Isn't Trying to Trick You". The Austin Chronicle. 5 April 2019.