Jennifer Atkinson, 1955- . American author
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Finding-Aid for the Atkinson Papers [00007]Collection Description
Papers, 1985-1995
ca. 150 items
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A Connecticut native, Jennifer Atkinson is the author of two collections of poetry, The Dogwood Tree, which won the University of Alabama Poetry Prize, and The Drowned City and Other Poems, which won the Morse Poetry Prize. Her individual poems and her nonfiction have appeared in Poetry, Field, The Yale Review, The New England Review, Threepenny Review, Shenandoah, The Iowa Review, Image, and elsewhere. Both her poetry and her nonfiction have been honored with the Pushcart Prize. She received a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University, and an M.F.A. in poetry writing and an M.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. She taught in Nepal and Japan, at the University of Iowa, and at Washington University before joining the faculty of George Mason.
The Atkinson collection consists of correspondence ca.1985-1995, drafts towards published works including The Dogwood Tree, Dares, Jephtha's Vows, and The Drowned City. Also included are numerous drafts of individual works of poetry and prose.
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Atkinson, Jennifer, 1955- . American author