ANNIE FINCH

Annie Finch's books of poetry include Calendars (Tupelo, 2003), shortlisted for the Foreword Poetry Book of the Year ward; Eve (Story Line, 1997); and The Encyclopedia of Scotland (Salt, 2004). Her poems have appeared in the Norton Anthology of World Poetry, Writing Poetry: An Introduction, and numerous other anthologies and textbooks, and in journals including Agni, Hudson Review, Prairie Schooner, Fulcrum, Kenyon Review, Partisan Review, Yale Review,and Paris Review.

Annie's poetry has been featured in media outlets from The Voice of America to HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and her collaborations for art song, opera, dance and theater have been performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Spoleto Festival. She has also published a number of books about poetry, including several anthologies and the essay collection The Body of Poetry (University of Michigan Press, 2005).

Currently, Annie lives on the Maine coast near Portland, where she is Professor of English and Director of the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine. Link to website

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