Lisa russ spaar biography of barack
Lisa russ spaar biography of barack
The Poetry Foundation.
Lisa Russ Spaar
American poet
Lisa Russ Spaar | |
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| Occupation | professor, University of Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Genre | poetry |
Lisa Russ Spaar is a contemporary American poet, professor, and essayist.
She is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia and the director of the Area Program in Poetry Writing.[1] She is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Vanitas, Rough: Poems and Satin Cash: Poems.
Her latest collection, Orexia, was published by Persea Books in 2017. Her poem, Temple Gaudete, published in IMAGE Journal, won a 2016 Pushcart Prize.
Spaar has also edited several anthologies, including All That Mighty Heart: London Poems, which Billy Collins says "gathers [a] mighty swirl of poetry into a gorgeous volume whose variety and heft rival the city itself— its smoke, roar, and flow."[2]
Education
Spaar graduated summa