Kelli Russell Agodon
Kelli Russell Agodon (born in Seattle) is an American poet, writer, and editor. She is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press[1] and she serves on the poetry faculty at the Rainier Writing Workshop, a low-residency MFA program at Pacific Lutheran University.[2]
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Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet, writer, editor |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Washington Pacific Lutheran University |
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Life
She was raised in Seattle, and graduated from the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University Rainier Writing Workshop with an MFA in creative writing.[3] She lives in Washington state.[4] Her works have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner,[5] North American Review, Image,[6] 5 a.m, Meridian, Calyx.,[7] poets.org,[8] and The Los Angeles Review.[9]
She lives in the Northwest.[10] She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Crab Creek Review from 2009 until 2014. She is the co-founder of Two Sylvias Press.[11] She is the Co-Director of the Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Writing Retreat for Women.
Recognition
Her most recent book, Hourglass Museum (White Pine Press, 2014), was a Finalist for the Washington State Book Awards and shortlisted for the Julie Suk Prize in Poetry.
Works
- "Hunger," Academy of American Poets, Poem-a-Day
- "Braided Between the Broken," New England Review
- "How Killer Blue Irises Spread," The Atlantic
- "Letting Gatsby Out at 11 p.m.," Body Literature
- "Sailing Lepidoptera," "The Half-Moon Couple," Adirondack Review
- "Dord"; "Unintentionally Typing the Word Life Instead of Lips"; "?", Womb Poetry
- "Sometimes I still dream about their pink bodies", Poetry Southeast
Books
- Geography. Floating Bridge Press. 2003. ISBN 978-1-930446-06-9.
- Small Knots. Cherry Grove Collections. 2004. ISBN 978-1-932339-27-7.
- An Alphabet Between Us. Pacific Lutheran University. 2007.
- Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, White Pine Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935210-15-3
- Hourglass Museum. White Pine Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1935210511.
- Dialogues with Rising Tides. Copper Canyon Press. 2021. ISBN 978-1556596155.
Anthologies
- Sam Hamill; Sally Anderson, eds. (2003). "Of a Forgetful Sea". Poets against the War. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-539-0.
- Garrison Keillor, ed. (2005). Good poems for hard times. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03436-9.
- Michael A. Lacombe; Tom Hartman, eds. (2008). In Whatever Houses We May Visit: An Anthology of Poems That Have Inspired Physicians. ACP Press. ISBN 978-1-934465-06-6.
References
- "About". Two Sylvias Press.
- "Faculty | MFA - Creative Writing | PLU". www.plu.edu.
- "English 11 Poets / Kelli Russell Agodon". English11poets.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- Archived December 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "Project Muse". Muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- "Image โ Journal โ Back Issues โ Issue 57". Imagejournal.org. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- Archived March 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Poets, Academy of American. "About Kelli Russell Agodon | Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
- "Queen Me by Kelli Russell Agodon". August 26, 2019.
- "Kelli Russell Agodon". Escape Into Life. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- "Kelli Russell Agodon | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- "Kelli Russell Agodon - Poetry Society of America". www.poetrysociety.org. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- "Artist Profile - Artist Trust". artisttrust.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
- "James Hearst Poetry Prize Winners". North American Review. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
External links
Media related to Kelli Russell Agodon at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Two Sylvias Press