Glori Simmons (born 1966) is an American poet, and short story writer.

Glori Simmons
Born1966 (age 57–58)
OccupationPoet
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
University of Washington
GenrePoetry

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

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Works

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  • "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

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  1. ^ "10 writers named Stegner Fellows from pool of 1,300 applicants".
  2. ^ "Graft Glori Simmons poetry book T. S. Eliot". Truman State University Press. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ^ Bachman, Merle (2002). Five Fingers Review. ISBN 9781880627099.
  4. ^ "Contributors".
  5. ^ Henke, Tom (2015-10-27). "Thacher Gallery". University of San Francisco. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ^ "Angie Estes and Glori Simmons - Poetry Society of America". Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  7. ^ "The Camargo Foundation : Fellow Project Details". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-12-03.