Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
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January 31, 1968
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet | |
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| Born | Lisa Gluskin January 31, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Morse Poetry Prize, Frost Place Chapbook Prize |
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born January 31, 1968) is an American poet. Stonestreet's second book, The Greenhouse, was awarded the 2014 Frost Place Chapbook Prize and published by Bull City Press in August 2014. Her first book, Tulips, Water, Ash, was published by Northeastern University Press, and chosen by Jean Valentine as the last Morse Poetry Prize, before its suspension in 2009 .[1][2]
Stonestreet is a graduate of Yale University, receiving a BA in contemporary American literature, and she received an MFA in Creative Writing from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College where she received the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship[3] in Creative Writing. Her poems have been anthologized in Best New Poets 2005 and Best New Poets 2006 (Samovar Press), and they have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including The Iowa Review, Bellingham Review, Blackbird,[4] and Third Coast.[5] Her honors include fellowships from Millay Colony for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband and son in Portland, Oregon, where she works as a writer, teacher, and editor.
