Kathleen Peirce

Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, Moline, Illinois, United States) is an American poet. ^[1] She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1988. She currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, ^[2] for the Texas State University MFA. ^[3] She lives in Wimberley, TX and has one son. ^[4]

Awards

• 1990 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award for Mercy ^[5]
• 1993 Whiting Award
• 1998 Iowa Poetry Prize for The Oval Hour
• 2000 William Carlos Williams Award for The Oval Hour
• 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship ^[6]
• 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship

Works

• "Anima Forma Corporis"; "Confession 3.10.18"; "Apart", Reading Between A&B
• "Measure", Blackbird
• "Redbird", Nothing to Say and Saying It
• "Anima Forma Corporis" Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine , courtland Review

Bibliography

• Mercy, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, ISBN   978-0-8229-5457-6
• Divided Touch, Divided Color, Windhover, 1995
• The Oval Hour University of Iowa Press, 1999, ISBN   9780877456643
• The Ardors, Ausable Press, 2004, ISBN   978-1-931337-19-9
• Vault: A Poem New Michigan Press, 2017, ISBN   9781934832615
• Lion's Paw Miami University Press, 2021, ISBN   9781881163688

References

1. "Kathleen Peirce, Blackbird". Blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
2. "Department of English Faculty : Department of English : Texas State University". Archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
3. "Texas State-San Marcos MFA Program". Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
4. "Kathleen Peirce". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
5. "AWP- Award Series". Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
6. "Kathleen Peirce". Arts.gov. 30 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

• Ausable Press ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Texas State MFA
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation