Lisa Lewis

Lisa Lewis (born 1956 Roanoke, Virginia) is an American poet, who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.^[1]

Life

She graduated from University of Houston, with a PhD. She teaches at Oklahoma State University.^[2]

Awards

• 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry^[1]
• 2008 American Poetry Journal Book Contest, Dream Horse Press
• 2000 Poetry West Chapbook Contest ^[3]
• 1997 National Poetry Series, for Silent Treatment
• Brittingham Prize, for The Unbeliever

Works

• "Stereotype"; "Oklahoma", Eclectica, Oct/Nov 2003
• "Topography", THE CORTLAND REVIEW, August 2008
• "A QUESTION ABOUT HORSES", Rattle, August 1st, 2009
• Silent Treatment. Penguin Books. 1998. ISBN 978-0-14-058902-3.
• The Unbeliever. University of Wisconsin Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-299-14404-3.
• Vivisect, New Issues Press
• Burned House with Swimming Pool, Dream Horse Press
• Story Box, Poetry West, 2008 (chapbook)

Anthologies

• Richard Howard, David Lehman, eds. (1995). "Bridget". The Best American Poetry 1995. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80151-3.
• William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). "Field Has No Horse in It". Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6.

References

1. National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows
2. http://english.okstate.edu/faculty/fac_pages/lewis.htm
3. http://www.poetrywest.org/chapbook.htm

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