Chelsea Rathburn

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Chelsea Rathburn (born Jacksonville, Florida) is an American poet.

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Chelsea Rathburn was raised in Miami, Florida, and earned a bachelor's degree at Florida State University and an MFA in creative writing at the University of Arkansas. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, [1] The New Criterion, Hudson Review, and Pleiades, and other journals. She works as a marketing writer [2] and an assistant professor of writing and English at Young Harris College. In recent years, she has also been elevated to the rank of director of the university's creative writing program, a significant rise in status and prestige at the university. [3] She lives in Young Harris, Georgia, with her husband, poet James Davis May, and their daughter. [4] [5] While she is best known for her poetry, she is also notable for her nonfiction writing, including short- and long-form prose pieces, concerning her beliefs about home, views on class, and poverty. At present, she is perhaps most excited about her upcoming prose piece on the air traffic controllers' strike. [6]

In March 2019, Rathburn was named poet laureate of the state of Georgia, succeeding Judson Mitcham. [7]

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  1. ↑ Rathburn, Chelsea. "Chelsea Rathburn". The Atlantic. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Who we are « Pomerance and Associates". www.pomeranceassociates.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "About Chelsea Rathburn – Chelsea Rathburn". chelsearathburn.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Chelsea Rathburn". pw.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Current Poet Biographies". Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  6. ↑ "Prose – Chelsea Rathburn". chelsearathburn.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kemp Names Chelsea Rathburn as Georgia's Poet Laureate". georgia.org. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Autumn House Press - Autumn House Press". Autumn House Press. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Chelsea Rathburn". arts.gov. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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