Dorianne Laux

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Dorianne Laux
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Born (1952-01-10) January 10, 1952 (age 72)
Augusta, Maine
OccupationPoet, professor
Education Mills College (BA)
Notable worksThe Book of Men (2011), Facts about the Moon (2005), What We Carry (1994)
Spouse Joseph Millar
Children1
Website
doriannelaux.com

Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952, in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.

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Biography

Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. [1]

Laux taught at the University of Oregon. She is a professor at North Carolina State University’s creative writing program, and the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University. [2] She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review.

Her work appeared in American Poetry Review , Kenyon Review , Ms., Orion , [3] Ploughshares , and Zyzzyva . [4]

Laux lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, poet Joseph Millar. [2] She has one daughter. [5]

Awards

Works

Anthologies

Performance

As editor

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Core Faculty". Pacific University. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  3. "Orion Magazine - Night". Orion Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
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  8. "Reviewed by Vincent Motard-Avargues in La Cause Littéraire".
  9. "Interviewed by Hélène Cardona in Plume".
  10. "Reviewed by Andrew Jarvis in New York Journal of Books".

Gave a review to poet Jessica Cuello's book "Liar."