Sandra Lim Explained

Sandra Lim
Birth Place:Seoul, Korea
Occupation:Poet and academic
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Stanford University,
Iowa Writers' Workshop,
University of California, Berkeley
Genres:Poetry
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Awards:Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry,
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
Levis Reading Prize,
Pushcart Prize,
Barnard Women Poets Prize

Sandra Lim is a Korean American poet and professor.

Early Life and Education

Born in Seoul, Korea, Lim grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a BA from Stanford University,[1] and her PhD in English from University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Career

Lim is Professor of English at University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts where she has taught since 2010.[3] She has taught for The Frost Place, Kundiman, and for the low-residency MFA program at Warren Wilson College.

She is the author of three poetry collections -- The Curious Thing (W.W. Norton, 2021), The Wilderness (W.W. Norton, 2014), and Loveliest Grotesque (Kore Press, 2006). The Wilderness was the winner of the 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize and the Levis Reading Prize.[4] [5] Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, including The New York Review of Books, Poetry Magazine, and The New Republic.[6] Her poems and essays have been anthologized in Atlantic Currents (Loom Press, 2020), Counterclaims (Dalkey Archive Press, 2020), The Poem's Country (Pleiades Press, 2018), and The Echoing Green (Modern Library, 2016), among others. She serves on the editorial board of Poetry Daily.

Lim received the 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize, an award given by Poets & Writers.[7] Her other honors include fellowships from MacDowell, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Getty Foundation. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize winner and the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[8] In 2021, Lim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her poetry.[9] In 2024 she was named the 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor.

Awards

Published works

Poetry Books

Selected Anthologies

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sonel Cutler . May 1, 2023 . UMass Lowell English professor awarded 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize . The Boston Globe . 2024-04-11 . en-US.
  2. News: 2024-03-17 . English professor Lim named 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor . 2024-04-11 . Lowell Sun . en-US.
  3. News: 2023-05-08 . UMass Lowell professor wins esteemed writer's award . 2024-04-11 . Lowell Sun . en-US.
  4. Web site: Sandra Lim awarded 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize . Barnard College.
  5. Web site: Sandra Lim wins 18th annual Levis Reading Prize for 'The Wilderness' . Virginia Commonwealth University.
  6. Lim . Sandra . 2020-04-17 . That Are . The New Republic . 2023-04-02 . 0028-6583.
  7. Web site: Sandra Lim Wins Jackson Poetry Prize . Poets & Writers . Poets & Writers . 26 April 2023.
  8. Web site: 2020 Literature Award Winners . American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  9. Web site: Sandra Lim . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.