Simone Muench Explained

Simone Muench
Occupation:	Professor of Creative Writing & Film Studies
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Notableworks:	Orange Crush, Wolf Centos, Lampblack & Ash, The Air Lost in Breathing, Disappearing Address.

Simone Muench is an American poet and a professor of creative writing and film studies. She was raised in the small town of Benson, Louisiana and also Arkansas.^[1] She completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Colorado in Boulder, received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is director of the Writing Program at Lewis University in Romeoville.^[1]

She is the author of five books: The Air Lost in Breathing (Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry; Helicon Nine, 2000),^[2] Lampblack & Ash (Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry; Sarabande, 2005),^[3] and Orange Crush (Sarabande, 2010),^[4] Disappearing Address, a collaboration of epistolary poems co-written with Philip Jenks (BlazeVOX Books, 2010),^[5] and the upcoming Wolf Centos (Sarabande, 2014).^[6] Her chapbook Trace received the Black River Chapbook Award and was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2014.^[7]

Awards and achievements

• NEA Fellowship for Poetry : 2013^[8]
• New City's Lit 50 “Who Really Books in Chicago” 2014 list : 2014
• Artsmith Residency Fellowship : 2014^[9]
• Yaddo Writers Residency : 2013^[10]
• Vermont Studio Center Fellowships : 2011, 2013^[11]
• Interviewed by Daniel Handler for the September 2010 issue of The Believer^[12]
• Chief Faculty Advisor for Jet Fuel Review^[13]
• Lewis Faculty Scholar Award : 2013^[14]
• Kentucky Women Writers Conference : 2010^[15]
• Illinois Arts Council Fellowships : 2009^[16]
• Recipient of the PSA's Bright Lights/Big Verse Contest with a featured reading in Times Square;^{[17] [18]}
• Black Lawrence Chapbook Contest for Trace : 2012

List of works

Books

• The Air Lost in Breathing (Helicon Nine, 2000)
• Lampblack & Ash (Sarabande, 2005)
• Orange Crush (Sarabande, 2010)
• Disappearing Address with Philip Jenks (BlazeVOX, 2010)
• Wolf Centos (Sarabande, 2014)
• Suture with Dean Rader (Black Lawrence, 2017)

Chapbooks

• Trace (Black Lawrence Press, 2014)
• Little Visceral Carnival (Cinematheque Press, 2009)
• Orange Girl (Dancing Girl Press, 2007)
• Sonoluminescence (Dusie Press, 2007)
• Notebook. Knife. Mentholatum (New Michigan Press, 2003)

External links

• http://simonemuench.com/
• http://www.blacklawrence.com/author/simone-muench/
• https://archive.today/20140709200455/http://www.sarabandebooks.org/new-forthcoming/wolf-centos-simone-muench-1

Notes and References

1. Chicago Magazine, July 2006 Chicago Magazine
2. http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/muenchsimone Simone Muench | IndieBound
3. News: Poetry Chronicle. The New York Times. 27 November 2005. Clover. Joshua. Brouwer. Joel.
4. http://gapersblock.com/bookclub/2011/04/15/poetry_review_orange_crush_by_simone_muench/ Poetry Review: Orange Crush by Simone Muench - Gapers Block Book Club | Chicago
5. https://issuu.com/gently_read_literature/docs/grl_dec ISSUU - Gently Read Literature December 2011 Issue by Carol Jackson
6. http://www.lewisu.edu/news/newsarticle.htm?PArticleID=9681#.U5oZNy-bj5s Muench named to New City’s top 50 published writers list
7. http://www.tiragemonthly.com/wolf-cento.html Wolf Cento - Tirage Monthly
8. https://www.lewisu.edu/news/newsarticle.htm?PArticleID=9083 Dr. Muench receives NEA award for her poetic work
9. http://fourwayreview.com/two-poems-by-simone-muench/ TWO POEMS by Simone Muench | Four Way Review
10. http://lit.newcity.com/2014/06/05/lit-50-who-really-books-in-chicago-3/4/ Lit 50 2014: Who Really Books in Chicago | Newcity Lit - Part 4
11. http://arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/simone-muench Simone Muench | NEA
12. http://switchbackbooks.blogspot.com/2010/09/simone-muench-in-believer.html Switchback Books: Simone Muench in The Believer
13. http://www.pw.org/content/simone_muench_1 Simone Muench | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers
14. http://thelewisflyer.com/?p=11967 Written words strike a balance in professors’ life – Lewis University's Student Newspaper in Romeoville, IL
15. http://www.aceweekly.com/2010/09/kentucky-women-writers-conference-featuring-c-e-morgan-and-diane-ackerman/ Kentucky Women Writers Conference, featuring C.E. Morgan and Diane Ackerman | Ace Weekly
16. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/illinois-arts-council-artist-fellowship-award-winners/Event?oid=997214 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award Winners | Book Cellar | Literary Events | Chicago
17. Web site: Verse Daily: About a Captivating Corset by Simone Muench .
18. http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/bright_lights_big_verse/2008_contest/ 2008 Winners - Poetry Society of America