American poet
Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952, in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.
Biography
Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988.[1]
Laux taught at the University of Oregon. She is a professor at North Carolina State University’s creative writing program, and the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University.[2] She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review.
Her work appeared in American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Ms., Orion,[3] Ploughshares, and Zyzzyva.[4]
Laux lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, poet Joseph Millar.[2] She has one daughter.[5]
Awards
Works
Anthologies
Performance
As editor
- Kim Addonizio; Dorianne Laux (1997). The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-31654-4.
Dorianne Laux.
References
- ^ a b c "Dorianne Laux". Poets.org. The Academy of American Poets. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ a b "Core Faculty". Pacific University. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ "Orion Magazine - Night". Orion Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ "Dorianne Laux". Directory of Writers. Poets & Writers. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ "Dorianne Laux". Web Del Sol. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ "Dorianne Laux". Writers' Corner. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ "Dorianne Laux". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
- ^ "Reviewed by Vincent Motard-Avargues in La Cause Littéraire".
- ^ "Interviewed by Hélène Cardona in Plume".
- ^ "Reviewed by Andrew Jarvis in New York Journal of Books".
- "Facts about the Poet" (PDF). Literary Reference. Winter 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Guide to the Dorianne Louise Laux Papers 1968-2019
- Dorianne Laux's poem "Home Movies" in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (23.1).
Gave a review to poet Jessica Cuello's book "Liar."