Diane Lockward

Diane Lockward is an American poet. The author of four full-length books of poetry, Lockward serves as the Poet Laureate of West Caldwell, New Jersey.

Diane Lockward

Biography

Diane Lockward earned her bachelor's degree from Elmira College and her master's from Montclair State University. She is the author of four full-length books of poetry: The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement (2016), Temptation by Water (2010), What Feeds Us (2006), recipient of the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize, and Eve's Red Dress (2003), all from Wind Publications. She is also the author of a poetry craft book, The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop (2013), and two chapbooks, Eve Argues Against Perfection (1997) and Greatest Hits: 1997-2010 (2012). Her poems have been published in Prairie Schooner, Spoon River Poetry Review, Poet Lore, Harvard Review,[1] and elsewhere. Her poems have also been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer's Almanac.[2] She is the recipient of a Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and serves as the Poet Laureate of West Caldwell, New Jersey. She founded the Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals[3] in 2004 and has served as its director for twelve years. A former high school English teacher at Millburn High School, she has also worked as a poet-in-the-schools for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.[4] She lives in northern New Jersey.

Works

Books

Anthologies

Textbooks

Honors

References

  1. ↑ Harvard Review
  2. ↑ The Writer's Almanac
  3. ↑ Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Literary Journals
  4. ↑ The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
  5. ↑ Keillor, Garrison (2006). Good Poems for Hard Times. Penguin Group USA. p. 316. ISBN 9780143037675. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

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