Moira Linehan

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Moira Linehan
Born1945 (age 7879)
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Education Boston College
Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
Notable awards Crab Orchard Award (2006)

Moira Linehan is an American poet born in 1945. She graduated from Boston College, [1] and Vermont College of Fine Arts, with an MFA. [2] She lived in Winchester, Massachusetts, where she worked as an academic administrator. [3] She has been a resident at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Millay Colony. [4]

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Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, [5] Green Mountains Review, Indiana Review, [6] and Notre Dame Review, [7] Triquarterly . [8] [9] [10]

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