Occupation Poet, professor Role Poet | Name Dorianne Laux Alma mater Mills College Education Mills College (1988) | |
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Notable works The Book of Men (2011), Facts about the Moon (2005), What We Carry (1994) Books Facts About the Moon, What we carry, Awake, Smoke, The Book of Men | ||
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Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952 in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.
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- antilamentation by dorianne laux read by tom o bedlam
- Each sound poem by dorianne laux
- Biography
- Awards
- Works
- Anthologies
- Performance
- As editor
- References
Each sound poem by dorianne laux
Biography
Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988.
Laux taught at the University of Oregon. She is a professor at North Carolina State University’s creative writing program, and the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University. She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review.
Her work appeared in American Poetry Review, Five Points, Kenyon Review, Ms., Orion, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Southern Review, TriQuarterly, Zyzzyva. She has also appeared in online journals such as Web Del Sol.
Laux lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, poet Joseph Millar. She has one daughter.