Denise Sweet

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Denise Sweet
Nationality
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Genrepoetry
Notable awardsWisconsin Poet Laureate (2004–08)

Denise Sweet is an

Poet Laureate
.

Background

Sweet grew up in

White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.[1]

Career

Sweet was educated at the

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She also taught a travel seminar in the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala where she did fieldwork among the Maya peoples
.

Awards and honors

Sweet has won several awards for her poetry including the Diane Decorah Award, the Posner Award, the Woman of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Women's Council, and the

.

Books by Denise Sweet

  • Palominos Near Tuba City: New & Selected Poems, Holy Cow! Press, April, 2018
  • Songs for Discharming, Greenfield Review Press
  • Days of Obsidian, Days of Grace, Poetry Harbor Press
  • Know By Heart, Rhiannon Press

Anthologies

  • Nitaawichige: Selected Poetry and Prose by Four Anishinaabe Writers, Poetry Harbor
  • Stories Migrating Home: Anishnaabe Prose, Loonfeather Press
  • Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writing of North America, W.W. Norton
  • Returning the Gift: Poetry and Prose from the First North American Native Writers' Festival, University of Arizona Press
  • Women Brave in the Face of Danger, Crossing Press

References

  1. ^ "Denise Sweet". Wisconsin Conversation Voices. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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