Alice Anderson (writer)

Alice Anderson (born 1966) is an American poet. She is particularly known for her collection, Human Nature.[1]

Alice Anderson
Born1966
Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSarah Lawrence College
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsElmer Holmes Bobst Award

Biography

Alice Anderson was born May 20, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She spent her childhood in California and Mississippi.[2] Anderson's work deals with issues that have impacted her life: family violence, intimate partner violence, and traumatic brain injury.[1]

Anderson was living in Ocean Springs, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit.[3]

Anderson took a classes at California State University, Sacramento, receiving a BA in English.[4] As an undergrad Anderson worked with the poet Dennis Schmitz who encouraged her to go to graduate school.[1]

She received an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College.[5]

Anderson's, multi-genre, oeuvre explores using language to reveal universal illuminations that arise from suffering.[4]

Awards
  • 1994 Sarah Lawrence Poetry Prize[8]

Works
  • Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2017)[9]
  • The Watermark (Eyewear Publishing, 2016)[10]
  • Human Nature (NYU Press, 1994)[11]

References
  1. Korbel, Marissa. "Finding the Finally: Alice Anderson discusses Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away". The Rumpus. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. "Authors: Alice Anderson". AGNI. Boston University. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. "Review of Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away by Anderson. Alice". Booklist Review. American Library Association. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. Anderson, Alice (1994). Human Nature (pbk. ed.). New York University Press. p. back cover. ISBN 0814706339.
  5. "Broadcast in Poetry: Alice Anderson". The Jane Crown Show. BlogTalkRadio, Inc. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. Gallagher, Kaia. "Book Review: Alice Anderson's "Some Bright Morning I'll Fly Away"". Coachella Review. University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. Gunn, Ryan. "Keepsake Serande". Tupelo Quarterly. Tupelo Press. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. McFadyen-Ketchum, Andrew. "Anderson - Bio". Poem of the Week. POW. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. Anderson, Alice (2017). Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 1250094968. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  10. Anderson, Alice (2016). The Watermark. Eyewear Publishing. ISBN 1911335200. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  11. Anderson, Alice (1994). Human Nature. NYU Press. ISBN 0814706339. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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