Shelley Puhak
American poet
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Shelley Puhak is an American poet and writer. She was Eichner Professor of Creative Writing at Notre Dame of Maryland University.[1] She won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for her poetry collection Guinevere in Baltimore.[2] She was a National Poetry Series winner for her poetry collection Harbinger[3] She is also the author of The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World,[4] a double biography.
Shelley Puhak | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware; University of New Orleans |
| Genre | Poetry, Biography, History |
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Life
Puhak was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from University of Delaware with an MA, and from the University of New Orleans with an MFA.[5]
Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review,[6] Beloit Poetry Journal,[7] Kenyon Review,[8] Missouri Review,[9] Southeast Review,[10] and Superstition Review.[11]
She is married; she and her husband live in Catonsville.[12]
Works
- The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026, ISBN 9781639732159 [13][14]
- The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9781635574913 [15]
- Guinevere in Baltimore, Waywiser Press, 2014, ISBN 9781904130574 [16][17][18]
- Stalin in Aruba, Black Lawrence Press, 2010, ISBN 9780615319308 [19]
- Harbinger. New York: Ecco. October 2022. ISBN 9780063233966.
