Laura Moriarty (poet and novelist)

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Laura Moriarty
Born (1952-04-08) April 8, 1952 (age 72)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
OccupationPoet, novelist

Laura Moriarty (born April 8, 1952) is an American poet and novelist.

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Life and work

Moriarty was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and has lived in Northern California since 1966. She attended Sacramento State University and the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s. She was married to the poet Jerry Estrin until his death in 1993, and is currently married to the poet/librarian Nick Robinson.

Moriarty was the Archives Director for the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University from 1986 to 1997. [1] She received a Poetry Center Book Award in 1984 for Persia. She has also been awarded a Gerbode Foundation grant, a residency at the Foundation Royaumont in France, a New Langton Arts Award in Literature and a grant from the Fund for Poetry. [2] Moriarty has taught at Mills College, and Naropa University, among other places, and served as Deputy Director of Small Press Distribution in Berkeley, California, from 1998 to 2018, remaining on the company board after her retirement.) [3]

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  2. "Kelsey St. Press: Moriarty page". Archived from the original on April 30, 2001. Retrieved 2017-05-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. McLennan, Rob (October 4, 2019). "12 or 20 (second series) questions with Laura Moriarty". rob mclennan's blog. She retired last year from Small Press Distribution and now serves on the board.

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