| Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | Washington and Lee University Penn State University |
| Genre: | Poetry |
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (born 1971) is an American poet. In 2009, she was a National Book Award finalist for her book, Open Interval.
Van Clief-Stefanon earned her BA in English from Washington and Lee University in 1996, and her MFA in Poetry from Penn State University in 1999. She published her first full-length collection, Black Swan (University of Pittsburgh Press), in 2001, for which she won the Cave Canem Prize and was a finalist for the 2003 Patterson Poetry Prize.[1]
In July 2004, she became an assistant professor at Cornell University in English Literature.
In June 2008, Van Clief-Stefanon co-authored the chapbook Poems in Conversation and a Conversation with Elizabeth Alexander.[2] In April 2009, Van Clief-Stefanon published her second poetry collection, ]Open Interval['', which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Van Clief-Stefanon's work has appeared in ''African American Review'','' Callaloo'','' Crab Orchard Review'', ''Gulf Coast'', and ''Shenandoah'', among other places. She is currently working on a third book, ''The Coal Tar Colors''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=March 29 Poetry Reading by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon – English Department News |date=March 24, 2012 |url=https://wp.geneseo.edu/english/2012/03/24/march-29-poetry-reading-by-lyrae-van-clief-stefanon/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clief-Stefanson, Lyrae van}} [[Category:1971 births]]