Julie Ann Ward | |
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Born | Antlers, Oklahoma |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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Julie Ann Ward (born in Antlers, Oklahoma) [1] is the first poet laureate of Norman, Oklahoma. [2] [3] [1] Norman was the first city in Oklahoma to appoint a poet laureate. [1] She was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, and grew up in Elko, Nevada and Stillwater, Oklahoma. [1] She is a graduate of University of Tulsa, University of Kansas and University of California, Berkeley. [1] She taught at the University of Oklahoma as an Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature from 2014 to 2022. [1]
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