Carrie Fountain is an American poet and writer of young adult fiction. She served as 2019 Poet Laureate of Texas.
Carrie Fountain | |
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 Fountain at the 2022 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Education | New Mexico State University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, novelist |
She is from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers,[1] and received Swink Magazine's Award for Emerging Writers and the Marlboro Poetry Prize. She wrote for The Texas Observer,[2] and was poetry columnist for the Austin American-Statesman.[3]
Her work has appeared in Cimarron Review, Black Warrior Review, 32 Poems,[4] and Missouri Review Online. She lives in Austin, Texas and teaches at St. Edward's University.[5]
She was named the 2019 Poet Laureate of Texas.[6]
Awards
edit- 2009 National Poetry Series, for Burn Lake
Works
edit- "Purple Heart", Marlboro Review
- "Burn Lake 2", Swink, 2007
- "Father and Son at the Mesilla Valley Drive-thru Bank", AGNI
- "Theory of Perfection", AGNI
- "El Camino Real 3 ", Poetry for Children
- [1] "Will You"
- Burn Lake. Penguin Group USA, 2010, ISBN 978-0-14-311771-1
- Instant Winner: Poems. Penguin Group USA, 2014, ISBN 978-0143126638
- I'm Not Missing: A Novel. Flatiron Books, New York, 2018, ISBN 978-1250132512
References
edit- ^ "AGNI Online: Author Carrie Fountain". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ "The Texas Observer > Carrie Fountain's Articles". Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Issues | 32 Poems Magazine".
- ^ "Humanities Faculty & Staff | School of Humanities". Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Author, Poet, and Podcast Host Carrie Fountain Isn't Trying to Trick You". The Austin Chronicle. 5 April 2019.
External links
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- "Carrie Fountain’s, Burn Lake", September 19, 2009
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