Tanya Grae
Tanya Grae | |
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| Born | Sumter, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Poet, editor, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Rollins College (BA); Bennington College (MFA); Florida State University (PhD) |
| Notable works | Undoll |
| Notable awards | Julie Suk Award Florida Book Award |
| Website | |
| www | |
Tanya Grae (born 1970) is an American
Shaw AFB.[4] She grew up traveling the United States as her father relocated for the military every few years and often writes about those early experiences.[5] Her family is from Nashville, Tennessee and is of Irish, Dutch, and Cherokee descent.[6] Her primary themes often revolve around the natural world, the American Southeast, womanhood, girlhood, matrilineal history, domesticity, and feminism.[7]
Grae attended Rollins College and then earned her MFA at Bennington College.[8] While completing her PhD at Florida State University, she received several awards including the Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Fellowship[9] and the 2018 John McKay Shaw Academy of American Poets Prize.[10]
She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
Bibliography
Books
- Undoll. YesYes Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1-9369-1953-6.
In Anthology
- Best New Poets 2019. Meridian/University of Virginia Press. 2019. ISBN 978-0-9975-6233-0.
- Borderlands & Crossroads: Writing the Motherland. Meridian/University of Virginia Press. 2016. ISBN 978-1-7725-8024-2.
Selected poems
- "Oblation", Poetry Daily, 2020, republication
- "As Faithful as His Options", Missouri Review, 2019
- "In Elixir" and "Rewind", Post Road, 2017
- "Lethe", AGNI, July 2016, AAP Award 2018
- "Mating Season", AGNI, July 2016
- "Undolled", The Adroit Journal, Winter 2016
Awards and honors
- 2019 Julie Suk Award, Best Poetry Book Published by a Literary Press (for Undoll)
- 2019 Florida Book Award (for Undoll)
- 2018 John McKay Shaw Academy of American Poets Prize
- 2017 National Poetry Series Finalist
- 2016 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary FestivalPoetry Prize
- 2010 Arden Goettling Academy of American Poets Prize
References
- ^ "Julie Suk Award 2019". Jacar Press. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ ""2019 Winners"". Florida Book Awards. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ ""Announcing The Winners Of The 2017 National Poetry Series!"". National Poetry Series. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Author personal website". tanyagrae.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ ""Conversations With Contributors: Tanya Grae"". The Adroit Journal. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ ""Conversations With Contributors: Tanya Grae"". The Adroit Journal. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ ""UNDOLL, reviewed by Esteban RodrÃguez"". Heavy Feather Review. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 Jan 2020.
- ^ ""POEM OF THE WEEK"". The Missouri Review. University of Missouri. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ ""Tanya Grae and Christopher Michaels win Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Fellowship"". Florida State University English Department. Florida State University. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "FSU Creative Writing Graduate Profiles". Retrieved May 16, 2018.