Ellen Bryant Voigt

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Ellen Bryant Voigt (b. 1943) is an American poet. She has published six collections of poetry and a collection of craft essays. Her poetry collection Shadow of Heaven (2002) was a finalist for the National Book Award and Kyrie (1995) was a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award. Her poetry has been published in several national publications. She served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont for four years and in 2003 was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

Voigt grew up in Virginia, graduated from Converse College, and received an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She has taught at M.I.T. and Goddard College where in 1976 she developed and directed the nation's first low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. Since 1981 she has taught in the M.F.A. program for writers at Warren Wilson College.

She resides in Cabot, Vermont.

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  • Claiming Kin (1976)
  • The Forces of Plenty (1983)
  • The Lotus Flowers: Poems (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987. ISBN 0-393-02445-8)
  • Two Trees (1992)
  • Kyrie (1995)
  • The Flexible Lyric (essays) (2001)
  • Shadow of Heaven (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002)

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