Alice Anderson (writer) explained

Alice Anderson
Birth Date:	1966
Birth Place:	Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
Occupation:	Poet
Language:	English
Genre:	Poetry
Awards:	Elmer Holmes Bobst Award

Alice Anderson (born 1966) is an American poet. She is particularly known for her collection, Human Nature.^[1]

Biography

Alice Anderson was born May 20, 1966, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She spent her childhood in California and Mississippi.^[2]

Anderson took a classes at California State University, Sacramento, receiving a BA in English.^[3] As an undergrad Anderson worked with the poet Dennis Schmitz who encouraged her to go to graduate school. She received an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College.^[4]

Anderson was living in Ocean Springs, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit.^[5] Her work deals with issues that have impacted her life: family violence, intimate partner violence, and traumatic brain injury.

Awards

• 1994 Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers^{[6] [7]}
• 1994 Sarah Lawrence Poetry Prize^[8]

Works

• Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2017)^[9]
• The Watermark (Eyewear Publishing, 2016)^[10]
• Human Nature (NYU Press, 1994)

External links

• The Reading Life With Alice Anderson on New Orleans Public Radio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Korbel. Marissa. Finding the Finally: Alice Anderson discusses Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away. The Rumpus. 7 September 2017.
2. Web site: Authors: Alice Anderson. AGNI. Boston University. 8 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002432/http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/A/Alice-Anderson.html. 13 September 2018. dead.
3. Book: Anderson. Alice. Human Nature. 1994. New York University Press. 0814706339. back cover. pbk.. registration.
4. Web site: Broadcast in Poetry: Alice Anderson. The Jane Crown Show. BlogTalkRadio, Inc.. 8 September 2017.
5. Web site: Review of Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away by Anderson. Alice. Booklist Review. American Library Association. 8 September 2017.
6. Web site: Gallagher. Kaia. Book Review: Alice Anderson's "Some Bright Morning I'll Fly Away". Coachella Review. University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert. 8 September 2017.
7. Web site: Gunn. Ryan. Keepsake Serande. Tupelo Quarterly. Tupelo Press. 7 September 2017.
8. Web site: McFadyen-Ketchum. Andrew. Anderson - Bio. Poem of the Week. POW. 8 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007115912/http://www.poemoftheweek.org/id205.html. 7 October 2017. dead.
9. Book: Anderson. Alice. Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir. 2017. St. Martin's Press. 978-1250094964.
10. Book: Anderson. Alice. The Watermark. 2016. Eyewear Publishing. 978-1911335207.