Lee Ann Roripaugh

Lee Ann Roripaugh
Born	1965 Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
Alma mater	Indiana University
Occupation	Poet
Employer	University of South Dakota
Parent	Robert Roripaugh

Lee Ann Roripaugh (born 1965) is an American poet and the current South Dakota poet laureate.

Early life

Roripaugh was born in 1965 in Laramie, Wyoming. She is the daughter of poet Robert Roripaugh. She holds a B.M. in piano performance from Indiana University, as well as an M.M. in music history and an M.F.A. in creative writing.

Career

Roripaugh is a Professor of English and the Director of Creative Writing at the University of South Dakota. She is also Editor-in-Chief of South Dakota Review. She was appointed to a four-year term as South Dakota's poet laureate in July 2015.

Awards

• Academy of American Poets Prize
• AWP Intro Award
• 1995 Randall Jarrell International Poetry Prize
• 1998 National Poetry Series, for Beyond Heart Mountain selected by Ishmael Reed
• 2000 Asian American Literature Awards finalist
• 2003 Bush Artist Fellowship
• 2004 Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Poetry/Prose
• 2003 Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry 2nd Place

Selected publications

Books

• Beyond Heart Mountain. Penguin Books. 1999. ISBN 978-0-14-058920-7.
• Year of the Snake. Southern Illinois University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8093-2569-6.
• On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year. Southern Illinois University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8093-2929-8.
• Dandarians. Milkweed Editions. 2014. ISBN 978-1571314581.

Anthologies

• American Identities: Contemporary Multicultural Voices. UPNE. 1994. ISBN 978-0-87451-759-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• American Poetry: The Next Generation. Carnegie Mellon University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-88748-343-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• "Pearls". Woven on the Wind: Women Write about Friendship in the Sagebrush West. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2002. ISBN 978-0-618-21920-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• Victoria M. Chang, ed. (2004). "Transplanting". Asian American poetry: the next generation. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07174-4.
• Lorrie Goldensohn, ed. (2006). American war poetry: an anthology. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-13310-4.
• William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). "Snow Country". Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6.

Ploughshares

• "Toothpick Warriors". Ploughshares. Fall 2001. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "Hope". Ploughshares. Fall 2001. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)