Laura Linnea Jensen

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Laura Linnea Jensen
BornNovember 16, 1948
Tacoma, Washington
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education
  • University of Washington in Seattle
  • MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974
Notable awards
  • 1989 Guggenheim Fellowship
  • NEA fellowship
  • Washington State Arts Commission grant

Laura Linnea Jensen (born November 16, 1948, in Tacoma, Washington) is an American poet. [1]

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She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she studied with David Wagoner, Mark Strand, and Galway Kinnell, and from the Iowa Writers' Workshop with an MFA in 1974, where she studied with Norman Dubie, Donald Justice, and Marvin Bell. She became friends with Tess Gallagher. [2]

Her work appeared in Ploughshares. [3] She read at Burning Word 2005. [4] She lives near Wright Park, Tacoma, Washington. [5]

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References

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  2. "Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest". Washington.edu. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
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  4. David Rizzi, xaM Systems. "Washington Poets Association-Burning Word 2005". Washingtonpoets.org. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  5. "Lives of the Poets: Laura Jensen", Poetry Foundation, Heidi Broadhead 9.23.09
  6. "Laura Linnea Jensen - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Es.gf.org. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  7. "Poets And Poetry - PoetsWest Directory E-L". Poetswest.com. Retrieved August 23, 2010.