Nadia Colburn

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Nadia Colburn
BornNadia Herman Colburn
(1972-12-05) December 5, 1972 (age 50)
Occupationwriter, poet, coach, teacher
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Harvard University (B.A)
Columbia University (PhD)
GenrePoetry
Notable worksThe High Shelf (2019) [1]
Notable awards Pen/New England Discovery Award [2]
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship [3]
Website
nadiacolburn.com

Nadia Colburn (born December 5, 1972) is an American poet, teacher, literary critic, and writing coach based in Cambridge, MA. She has published poetry and prose in a wide range of national publications and her poetry book The High Shelf was published in 2019. [4] [5] She was a founding editor of Anchor Magazine. [6] Nadia Colburn is a recipient of Pen/New England Discovery Award [2] and Jacob K. Javits Fellowship. [3]

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Background

Colburn grew up in New York City. [7] She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University with a B.A. in English. She went on to get a Ph.D. in English Literature at Columbia University and has worked as a professor at Lesley, MIT, and at Stonehill College.

Colburn co-founded Anchor Magazine: The Intersection of Spirituality and Social Justice in 2013. [8] She is the founder of the writing school Align Your Story. Her classes combine writing, mindfulness, and embodied practices. [9] Colburn often writes about the environment, social justice, women's issues, and mindfulness. [9] She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and two children.

Writing

Colburn's poetry and prose have been published in Harvard Review, [10] Midway Journal, [11] The American Poetry Review, [12] [13] The New Yorker, [14] The Southwest Review, [15] Oxford's Literary Imagination, The Kenyon Review, [16] Spirituality and Health, [17] Lion's Roar, [18] and Slate. Her essay "Listening to My Body" was included in The Anatomy of Silence: Twenty-Six Stories About All the Sh** That Gets in the Way of Speaking About Sexual Violence. [19] She was a contributing author in The Cambridge Companion to W.H. Auden. [20] Colburn's debut poetry book on pregnancy, nature, trauma, and love, The High Shelf, was published in 2019. [21] She has written reviews on books and arts for Los Angeles Review of Books,[ citation needed ]Harvard Review, [10] and Boston Review. [22]

Recognition

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  1. ↑ "The High Shelf". Kirkus Reviews.
  2. 1 2 3 "Poet Nadia Colburn is featured Sunday at Cohasset Author Talks". Cohaset.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Stan (2005). The Cambridge Companion to W. H. Auden (p. vii). Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-53647-2.
  4. ↑ "Nadia Colburn". Staging/Los Angeles Review of Books.
  5. ↑ "Love Poem by Nadia Herman Colburn". Slate.
  6. ↑ "Nadia Colburn". LARB.
  7. ↑ "These B-Schoolers made their dream business a reality". Marie Forleo’s B-School Reviews.
  8. ↑ "Tiny Poem". Still Harbor.
  9. 1 2 "Meet Nadia Colburn of Nadia Colburn: Align Your Story Mindful Writing and Coaching in Cambridge". Boston Voyager.
  10. 1 2 "Nadia Herman Colburn". Harvard Review Online.
  11. ↑ "Nadia Colburn". MidWay Journal.
  12. ↑ "VOLUME 45, NO. 06 (November/December)". The American Poetry Review.
  13. ↑ "One's Own Vehicle". Literary Imagination (Volume 12, Issue 2, July 2010).
  14. ↑ "The End". The New Yorker.
  15. ↑ Colburn, Nadia (2009). "Chardin: Love, Painting, Power, and Powerlessness: An excerpt from "New Life": A Memoir of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood". Southwest Review. 94 (4): 532–539. JSTOR   43473024.
  16. ↑ "About Nadia Herman Colburn". Kenyon Review.
  17. ↑ "Nadia Colburn". Spirituality & Health.
  18. ↑ "Colburn's publications". The Lion's Roar.
  19. ↑ "The Anatomy of Silence: Twenty-Six Stories About All The Shit That Gets in the Way of Speaking About Sexual Violence". Publishers Weekly.
  20. ↑ "THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO W.H. AUDEN". VillaNova University.
  21. ↑ "The High Shelf". Eco Theo Review.
  22. ↑ "Content from Nadia Herman Colburn". The Boston Review.
  23. ↑ Colburn, Nadia (2002). "Contributors' Notes". Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (37): 198–207. JSTOR   41804536.
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