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The Nest. The Nest is the bestselling debut novel by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, published on March 22, 2016. The book debuted at #3 on the New York Times Best Seller list in Hardcover Fiction for April 10, 2016, and rose to #2 the following week, when it also debuted at #3 on the combined print and e-book list. [1][2]
Born in Oklahoma in 1970, Sweeney holds a BA from the University of Oklahoma, an MFA from San Francisco State University and a PhD from Western Michigan University. [1] Sweeney is the author of five books of poetry, Little Million Doors: An Elegy (Nightboat Books, 2019) (Winner of the Nightboat Poetry Prize [2]), Wolf's Milk: The Lost Notebooks ...
Eloise Greenfield in 2018. Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service ...
Poet and writer. Notable work. The Humming-Bird Tree (1969) Ian McDonald (born 18 April 1933) is a Caribbean -born poet and writer who describes himself as " Antiguan by ancestry, Trinidadian by birth, Guyanese by adoption, and West Indian by conviction." His ancestry on his father's side is Antiguan and Kittitian, and Trinidadian on his mother ...
Education. Ohio Wesleyan University (BA) Ohio State University (MFA) Notable works. "Good Bones" (2016) Children. 2. Maggie Smith is an American poet, freelance writer, and editor who lives in Bexley, Ohio. Her 2016 poem "Good Bones" went viral and her 2023 memoir was a New York Times best-seller.
M.F.A., University of Arkansas. B.A., Notre Dame University. Genre. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. Spouse. Tom Franklin (author) Children. 1 daughter, 2 sons. Beth Ann Fennelly (born May 22, 1971) is an American poet and prose writer [1][2] and was the Poet Laureate of Mississippi.
Sweeney is the author of four poetry collections, Foxlogic, Fireweed (Backwaters Press / University of Nebraska, 2020) winner of the Backwaters Prize, [1] Little Spells (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2015), How to Live on Bread and Music (Perugia Press, 2009), winner of the 2009 James Laughlin Award [2] and the 2009 Perugia Press Prize.
James Vincent Tate (December 8, 1943 – July 8, 2015) was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst [1] [2] [3] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.