Dorianne Laux | |
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| Born | January 10, 1952 Augusta, Maine |
| Occupation | Poet, professor |
| Education | Mills College (BA) |
| Notable works | The Book of Men (2011), Facts about the Moon (2005), What We Carry (1994) |
| Spouse | Joseph Millar |
| Children | 1 |
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Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952, in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.
Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. [1]
Laux taught at the University of Oregon. She is a professor at North Carolina State University’s creative writing program, and the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University. [2] She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review.
Her work appeared in American Poetry Review , Kenyon Review , Ms., Orion , [3] Ploughshares , and Zyzzyva . [4]
Laux lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, poet Joseph Millar. [2] She has one daughter. [5]
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Gave a review to poet Jessica Cuello's book "Liar."
