Karen Swenson
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Karen Swenson (born July 29, 1936 New York City) is an American poet and journalist.
Life[edit]
She grew up in Chappaqua, New York, and studied at Barnard College and New York University.[1]
Swenson has been Poet-in-Residence at Skidmore College, the University of Idaho, University of Denver, Clark University, Scripps College and Barnard College. She taught at City College, New York.[2]
Her work has appeared in The New York Times,[3] The Beloit Poetry Journal,[4] Paris Review,[5] American Poetry Review, "Saturday Review", and "The New Yorker".
Awards[edit]
- 1993 National Poetry Series, for The Landlady in Bangkok
- Lannan Residency [6]
- Yaddo Residencies
Works[edit]
- A daughter's latitude: new & selected poems. Copper Canyon Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-55659-094-8.
- The landlady in Bangkok. Copper Canyon Press. 1994. ISBN 978-1-55659-067-2.
- A sense of direction. Smith. 1989. ISBN 978-0-912292-85-4.
- East-West: poems. Confluence Press. 1980. ISBN 978-0-917652-23-3.
- An attic of ideals. Doubleday. 1974. ISBN 978-0-385-08073-6.
Stories[edit]
- James O'Reilly; Larry Habegger, eds. (2002). "Roaches and Redheads". Travelers' Tales Thailand: True Stories. Travelers' Tales. ISBN 978-1-885211-75-0.
Anthologies[edit]
- Hilda Raz, ed. (2001). "I Have Lost the Address of my Country". Best of Prairie schooner: fiction and poetry. Translator Hilda Raz. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-8972-7.
Edited[edit]
- Sarah M. Anderson; Karen Swenson, eds. (2002). Cold counsel: women in Old Norse literature and mythology : a collection of essays. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-8153-1966-5.
References[edit]
- ^ "About Karen Swenson | Academy of American Poets".
- ^ "New York State Writers Institute - Karen Swenson".
- ^ "The New York Times - Search". The New York Times.
- ^ "S Author Index". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Issue 73". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ "Lannan Foundation - Karen Swenson". www.lannan.org. Archived from the original on 2004-11-14.
External links[edit]
- Marlene D. Allen (2002). "Karen Swenson". In Catherine Cucinella (ed.). Contemporary American women poets: an A-to-Z guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31783-5.
- Janet Palmer Mullaney, ed. (1998). "Karen Swenson". Truthtellers of the times: interviews with contemporary women poets. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06680-3.
- "Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Karen Swenson, a Poet, Journalist and World Traveler, at Centenary Nov. 15-19"
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