Kathleen Peirce Explained

Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, Moline, Illinois, United States) is an American poet.^[1] She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1988. She currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas,^[2] for the Texas State University MFA.^[3] She has one son.

Awards

• 1990 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award for Mercy ^[4]
• 1993 Whiting Award
• 1998 Iowa Poetry Prize for The Oval Hour
• 2000 William Carlos Williams Award for The Oval Hour
• 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship ^[5]
• 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship

Works

• "Anima Forma Corporis"; "Confession 3.10.18"; "Apart", Reading Between A&B
• "Measure", Blackbird
• "Redbird", Nothing to Say and Saying It
• "Anima Forma Corporis", courtland Review

Bibliography

• Mercy, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991,
• Divided Touch, Divided Color, Windhover, 1995
• The Oval Hour University of Iowa Press, 1999,
• The Ardors, Ausable Press, 2004,
• Vault: A Poem New Michigan Press, 2017,
• Lion's Paw Miami University Press, 2021,

External links

• Ausable Press
• Texas State MFA
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kathleen Peirce, Blackbird. Blackbird.vcu.edu. 13 November 2018.
2. Web site: Department of English Faculty : Department of English : Texas State University . 2010-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100621165148/http://www.english.txstate.edu/people-contacts/faculty/peirce.html . 2010-06-21 . dead .
3. Web site: Texas State-San Marcos MFA Program . 2010-05-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129115742/http://www.mfatxstate.com/faculty.asp . 2010-01-29 .
4. Web site: AWP- Award Series . 2010-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100608070633/http://www.awpwriter.org/contests/as1999before.htm . 2010-06-08 . dead .
5. Web site: Kathleen Peirce. 30 May 2018. Arts.gov. 13 November 2018.