Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet Explained

Genre:Poetry
Nationality:American
Birth Name:Lisa Gluskin
Birth Date:31 January 1968
Awards:Morse Poetry Prize, Frost Place Chapbook Prize

Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born January 31, 1968) is an American poet. Stonestreet's second book, The Greenhouse, was awarded the 2014 Frost Place Chapbook Prize and published by Bull City Press in August 2014. Her first book, Tulips, Water, Ash, was published by Northeastern University Press, and chosen by Jean Valentine as the last Morse Poetry Prize, before its suspension in 2009 .[1] [2]

Education and career

Stonestreet is a graduate of Yale University, and she received an MFA in Creative Writing from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College where she received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship[3] in Creative Writing. Her poems have been anthologized in Best New Poets 2005 and Best New Poets 2006 (Samovar Press), and they have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including The Iowa Review, Bellingham Review, Blackbird,[4] and Third Coast.[5] Her honors include fellowships from Millay Colony for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband and son in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a writer, teacher, and editor.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northeastern University Press. February 1, 2014.
  2. Web site: Poets & Writers Magazine. September 16, 2014.
  3. Web site: FY 2004 JAVITS FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATES. February 5, 2014.
  4. Web site: Blackbird. Two Poems by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. February 4, 2014.
  5. Web site: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet Website. Bio.
  6. Web site: Bull City Press. 2014 Frost Place Chapbook Competition Winner: Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. March 27, 2014.
  7. Web site: Cream City Review. Contest Winners Announced!. February 1, 2014.
  8. Web site: Finding Aid to the San Francisco Foundation Records, 1937-2012, 1937-2012. 5 February 2014.