Melissa Kwasny Explained

Melissa Kwasny (born Indiana) is an American poet. She was poet laureate of Montana.^[1] She won the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award.^[2]

She graduated from University of Montana.^{[3] [4]} She is adjunct faculty at Lesley University.^[5]

Her work appeared in Boston Review,^[6] and Ploughshares.^[7]

Works

• The Cloud Path (Milkweed Editions, 2024); ^{[8] [9]}
• Where Outside the Body Is the Soul Today (University of Washington Press, 2017);^{[10] [11]}
• Pictograph (Milkweed Editions, 2015); ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• The Nine Sense (Milkweed Editions, 2009),

Essays

• Earth Recitals: Essays on Image and Vision (Lynx House Press, 2013).

Editor

• Toward the Open Field: Poets on the Art of Poetry 1800–1950 (Wesleyan University Press, 2004)
• with M. L. Smoker, I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poets in Defense of Global Human Rights (Lost Horse Press, 2009).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . Poets.org . en.
2. Web site: Award Winners . 2024-11-13 . Poetry Society of America . en.
3. Web site: Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . The Poetry Foundation.
4. Web site: Online Exclusive: A Conversation with Melissa Kwasny – Willow Springs Magazine . 2024-11-13 . en-US.
5. Web site: Melissa Kwasny Lesley University . 2024-11-13 . lesley.edu.
6. 2022-11-14 . Sparrow . 2024-11-13 . Boston Review . Kwasny . Melissa .
7. Web site: Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . Ploughshares . en-US.
8. Web site: "What lifts your heart?": Melissa Kwasny on "the big loss" and taking 'The Cloud Path' to healing . 2024-11-13 . Montana Public Radio . en.
9. Web site: Gabbert . Elisa . 2024-09-09 . Wander Lonely, Never Die and Other Things a Cloud Might Do . 2024-11-13 . The New York Times.
10. Web site: The Write Question . 2024-11-13 . Public Radio Exchange.
11. Web site: Aronson . Sarah . 2018-01-11 . Another Letter To The Soul: The Poetry Of Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . Montana Public Radio.
12. Web site: Book Review: Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . coalhillreview.com.
13. Web site: February 16, 2015 . Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . www.publishersweekly.com.
14. Web site: Willis . Wendy . 2015-06-13 . Pictograph by Melissa Kwasny . 2024-11-13 . The Rumpus . en-US.