Frannie Lindsay

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Frannie Lindsay is an American poet. She is author of three poetry collections, most recently, The Snow's Wife (Cavankerry Press, 2020). [1] Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell and Millay Colonies, and Yaddo. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, The Yale Review, Black Warrior Review, The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, Southern Humanities Review, Field, Prairie Schooner, [2] Poetry East, Beloit Poetry Journal, Harvard Review, and Hunger Mountain. Her poems have also been featured on Poetry Daily, and Verse Daily. Lindsay earned her B.A. from Russell Sage College and her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. [3] She grew up in a musical family—her mother was a concert violinist—and she is a classical pianist and lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with her two dogs. [4] [5] [6]

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  2. "Prairie Schooner Archives > Frannie Lindsay". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  3. Massachusetts Cultural Council > 2006 Poetry Fellow > Frannie Lindsay Bio
  4. "Perugia Press Author Page: Frannie Lindsay". Archived from the original on 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  5. Frannie Lindsay Website > Bio
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  7. Word Works Website > 2009 Prize Announcement
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