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Dorothea Lasky

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Dorothea Lasky
Dorothea Lasky in 2014
Dorothea Lasky in 2014
Born (1978-03-27) March 27, 1978 (age 46)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University;
University of Massachusetts Amherst;
Harvard University;
University of Pennsylvania
GenrePoetry
SubjectPoetry
Website
www.dorothealasky.com

Dorothea Lasky is an American poet. She has published three full-length collections of poetry through Wave Books and one through Liveright/W.W. Norton, along with releasing chapbooks and appearing in various literary journals. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Columbia University School of the Arts.

Background and education

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 27, 1978. Lasky earned her BA in Classics and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.[1] She earned her MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers,[2] and her Ed.M. in Arts & Education from Harvard University, and her Ed.D. in Creativity and Education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her work has appeared in The Paris Review,[3] Boston Review,[4] and the New Yorker.[5]

Bibliography

Full-length collections
  • Rome: Poems. Liveright. 29 September 2014. ISBN 978-0-87140-940-9.[6]
  • Rome, Liveright, 2012, ISBN 9780871409393
  • Thunderbird. Wave Books. 11 September 2012. ISBN 978-1-933517-63-6.
  • Black Life. Wave Books. 1 April 2010. ISBN 978-1-933517-43-8.
  • Awe. Wave Books. 1 September 2007. ISBN 978-1-933517-24-7.
Chapbooks & pamphlets
  • Poetry is Not a Project (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010)
  • Tourmaline (Transmission Press, 2008)
  • The Hatmaker's Wife (2006)
  • Art (H NGM N Press, 2005)
  • Alphabets & Portraits (Anchorite Press, 2004)

References