Lynn Emanuel

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Lynn Collins Emanuel (b. 1949) is an American poet.

Born March 14 in Mt. Kisco, New York, she earned her B.A. at Bennington College in 1972, an M.A. at City College of New York in 1975, and her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa in 1983.

She won the 1992 National Poetry Series Open Competition for The Dig.

She is a professor of English and teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Emanuel is married to the paleontologist Jeffrey H. Schwartz; they reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Works

  • Then, Suddenly—, poetry (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999)
  • The Dig, poetry (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992)
  • Hotel Fiesta, poetry (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1984)
  • Oblique Light, poetry (Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, 1979)

[edit] References

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2001. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000135618.

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