Laurie Kutchins Explained

Laurie Kutchins is an American poet.

Life

She grew up in Wyoming. She graduated from Carleton College, and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers.

She is a Professor in the English Department at James Madison University.^[1] She has also been a visiting writer at the University of New Mexico, and a faculty member of the Taos Summer Writers Conference.^[2]

Her work appeared in The New Yorker,^[3] The Georgia Review, Ploughshares,^[4] The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, Poetry, West Branch, Denver Quarterly, and LIT.^[5]

She lives in Singers Glen, Virginia.

Awards

• Isabella Gardner Award for Poetry
• Texas Tech University Press First Book Award (1993)

Fellowships and grants

• Two fellowships from the Virginia Council on the Arts
• Two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Commission on the Arts
• Educational Leave and Research grants from James Madison University
• MacDowell Colony residency
• Ucross Foundation residency
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency

Books

• Book: Slope of the Child Everlasting: Poems. BOA Editions, Ltd.. 2007. 978-1-929918-91-1 .
• Book: The Night Path. BOA Editions. 1997. 978-1-880238-49-3 .
• Book: Between Towns. Texas Tech University. 1993. 978-0-89672-296-5 .

Anthologies

• A Tough and Tender Kinship (anthology)
• Book: A Place on Earth: Nature Writers from North America and Australia . Mark Tredinnick. UNSW Press. 2003. 978-0-86840-654-1 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Madison University. 8 January 2014. jmu.edu. 13 October 2015.
2. Web site: Jackson Hole Writers Conference - Faculty . 2010-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100309065502/http://jacksonholewritersconference.com/faculty.html . 2010-03-09 .
3. Search – The New Yorker. The New Yorker. 13 October 2015.
4. Web site: Read By Author. pshares.org. 13 October 2015.
5. Web site: Authors – BOA Editions. boaeditions.org. 13 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120717004543/http://www.boaeditions.org/authors/kutchins.html. 17 July 2012. dead.