Karen Swenson

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Karen Swenson (born July 29, 1936 New York City) is an American poet and journalist.

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Life

She grew up in Chappaqua, New York, and studied at Barnard College and New York University. [1]

Swenson has been Poet-in-Residence at Skidmore College, the University of Idaho, University of Denver, Clark University, Scripps College and Barnard College. She taught at City College, New York. [2]

Her work has appeared in The New York Times, [3] The Beloit Poetry Journal , [4] Paris Review, [5] American Poetry Review, "Saturday Review", and "The New Yorker".

Awards

Works

Stories

Anthologies

Edited

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References

  1. ↑ "About Karen Swenson | Academy of American Poets".
  2. ↑ "New York State Writers Institute - Karen Swenson".
  3. ↑ The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/search/?query=KAREN+SWENSON&more=date_all.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "S Author Index". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Issue 73". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  6. ↑ "Lannan Foundation - Karen Swenson". www.lannan.org. Archived from the original on 2004-11-14.
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