Carol Guess

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Carol Guess
Born (1968-01-03) January 3, 1968 (age 56)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
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Alma mater Columbia University
Indiana University

Carol Guess (born January 3, 1968) is an American poet and fiction writer. [1] Her work emphasizes compression, musicality, and experimental structure.

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Guess attended Columbia University, majoring in English while studying ballet. She later earned graduate degrees in Creative Writing and English from Indiana University. [1] Currently Professor of English at Western Washington University, [2] she lives in Bellingham, Washington. Guess identifies as queer and was a member of the Lesbian Avengers in the 1990s. [2] Her books Homeschooling,Femme's Dictionary, and Gaslight were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards. Switch was a finalist for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award in 1999. [3] In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by the Philolexian Society of Columbia University. [4]

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