Kimberly Burwick

Kimberly Burwick

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Biography:

Kimberly Burwick is the author of Has No Kinsmen (Red Hen Press, 2006), Horses in the Cathedral, winner of the Robert Dana Prize (Anhinga Press, 2011) and Good Night Brother, winner of the Burnside Review book prize (Burnside Review Press, 2014). She is also the recipient of national poetry awards like the C.P. Cavafy prize (Poetry International, 2011) and the Black Warrior Review Award (2010). She has received four Pushcart Prize nominations, and most recently was published as a prize-finalist in Bellevue Literary Review, Crazyhorse and The Mississippi Review.

 

Creative Interests:

Burwick’s published work is primarily focused on the lyric poem. She is also interested in lyric tendencies in novels and the essay.

Teaching Interests:

Burwick teaches introductory multi-genre workshops and upper-level poetry workshops. She also teaches core humanities courses such as mythology, and literature, philosophy, history, and art of the ancient world. As well, she teaches research writing with an emphasis on modern and contemporary film and photography.

 

Professional Recognition:

Winner of the Burnside Review Prize, 2014; Finalist for the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize, 2014; Finalist for the Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry, 2014; Finalist for The Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, 2014; Recipient of the Washington State University Professional Development Grant, Honors College, 2013; Finalist for the National Poetry Series, 2013; Recipient of the C.P. Cavafy Prize, Poetry International, 2011; Runner-up for the Iowa Review Poetry Award, 2011; Winner of the Black Warrior Review Poetry Award, 2010; Winner of the Robert Dana Award, Anhinga Press, 2010.

 

Selected Publications:

Books in Progress

* Custody of the Eyes

Books Published

* Good Night Brother. Burnside Review Press. Portland: 2014.

* Horses in the Cathedral. Anhiga Press. Tallahassee: 2011.

* Has No Kinsmen: Red Hen Press. Los Angeles: 2006.

Poems, Essays, Book Reviews in

Bellevue Literary Review’s, Crazyhorse, The Mississippi Review, Ruminate, Talking River, Cortland Review, Poetry International, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Iowa Review, Interim, Black Warrior Review, Blood Orange Review, Inkwell, The Comstock Review, Water-Stone Review, and others.

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