Laurie Kutchins

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Laurie Kutchins is an American poet.

Life

She grew up in Wyoming. She graduated from Carleton College, and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers.

Contents

She is a Professor in the English Department at James Madison University. [1] She has also been a visiting writer at the University of New Mexico, and a faculty member of the Taos Summer Writers Conference. [2]

Her work appeared in The New Yorker , [3] The Georgia Review , Ploughshares , [4] The Kenyon Review , The Southern Review , Poetry , West Branch , Denver Quarterly , and LIT. [5]

She lives in Singers Glen, Virginia.

Awards

Fellowships and grants

Books

Anthologies

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References

  1. "James Madison University". jmu.edu. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. "Jackson Hole Writers Conference - Faculty". Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
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