Nancy K. Pearson
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Nancy K. Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) George Mason University (MFA) University of Houston |
| Genre | Poetry |
Nancy K. Pearson (born 1969) is an American poet. She is the author of The Whole by Contemplation of a Single Bone[1] (Fordham University Press, 2016) and Two Minutes of Light (Perugia Press, 2008).
Her poems have been published in many literary journals and magazines including Five Points, Oxford American Magazine, Alaska Quarterly, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, Provincetown Arts Magazine, and others.
Her honors include winning the 2015 Poets Out Loud Prize, The 2015 Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Poetry and The 2014 Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Nonfiction, the Perugia Press Prize, the 2009 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, The Massachusetts Book Awards "Must Read Book of 2009" and two seven-month fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
Pearson was born in 1969,[2] grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She received her B.A. from University of Virginia, her M.F.A. in Poetry from George Mason University, and Nonfiction from the University of Houston, where she taught literature and writing. She is currently an Assistant Professor (English) at West Chester University, PA, has been a faculty member at 24 Pearl Street and has taught at The Fine Arts Work Center's Summer Program.[3][4][5]
Bibliography
- The Whole by Contemplation of a Single Bone. (Fordham University Press, 2016) ISBN 9780823271177, OCLC 919202406
- Two Minutes of Light. (Perugia Press, 2008) ISBN 9780979458217, OCLC 224447377
In Anthology
- Show Us Your Papers (Main Street Rag, October 2020)
- Miracle Monocle: Queer, Rural and American (University of Louisville, November 2019)
- Method and Mystery. Ed. Tresha Faye Haefner (Poetry Salon Press, March 2019).
- Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology by Melissa Tuckey. (University of Georgia Press, 2018)
- Ordinary Genius: A Guide to the Poet Within by Kim Addonizio. (Norton, 2009)
