Glori Simmons (born 1966) is an American poet, and short story writer.
Glori Simmons | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan University of Washington |
| Genre | Poetry |
Simmons graduated from the University of Washington and from the University of Michigan with an MFA. She was a 2003 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.[1]
She is the author of Graft/Poems (Truman State University Press,[2] 2001) and the recipient of the 2015 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Chelsea 79, Five Fingers Review[3] and Quarterly West.[4]
She is the director of the Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco.[5]
Awards
edit- 2001 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award co-winner[6]
- 2001 Chad Walsh Poetry Prize, by the Beloit Poetry Journal
- 2004 Dana Award, for short fiction
- 2005 Camargo Foundation Fellowship[7]
- 2005 Chelsea Award, for short fiction
- 2015 Spokane Prize, for short fiction (collection)
- 2017 Autumn House Fiction Prize [1]
Works
edit- "Graft", Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol 51, Summer 2001 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Graft: poems. Truman State University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-931112-03-1.
- Stephen Elliott; Greg Larson; Anthony Ha, eds. (2005). "Peaches". Stumbling and raging: more politically inspired fiction. MacAdam/Cage Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59692-158-0. [anthology]
- Suffering Fools. Willow Springs Books. 2017. ISBN 9780983231776.
- Carry You. Autumn House. 2018. ISBN 9781938769290.
References
edit- ^ "10 writers named Stegner Fellows from pool of 1,300 applicants".
- ^ "Graft Glori Simmons poetry book T. S. Eliot". Truman State University Press. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ Bachman, Merle (2002). Five Fingers Review. ISBN 9781880627099.
- ^ "Contributors".
- ^ Henke, Tom (2015-10-27). "Thacher Gallery". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Angie Estes and Glori Simmons - Poetry Society of America". Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "The Camargo Foundation : Fellow Project Details". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-12-03.