Bonnie G. Roberts

Poet

Huntsville, AL
Alabama US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Collage: A Tribute to Steve Owen Bailey (Negative Capability Press, 2006)
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Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami (Bayeux Arts, 2005)
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Working the Dirt: An Anthology of Southern Poets (New South, 2003)
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Limestone Dust Poetry Anthology (Limestone Dust Poetry Festival, 2002)
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Ordinary and Sacred as Blood (River's Edge Press, 1999)
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Alabama Poets: A Contemporary Anthology (Livingston University Press, 1990)
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Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters (Harmony Books, 1990)
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A Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Contemporary Women Poets of Alabama (Druid Press, 1988)
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The Feathered Violin: Understanding Women's Poetry (Melissa Clarke-Sheffey, 1985)
Books:
Dances in Straw with a Two-Headed Calf (Elk River Press, 2002)
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Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
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To Hide in the Light (Elk River Press, 1998)
Journals:
A Taste of Summer
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Abbey Magazine
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Alabama Arts
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Amelia
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American Muse
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Beatniks from Space
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Berkeley Poets Co-op
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Birmingham Arts Journal
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Black Swan Review
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Bogg
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Cathartic
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Crazyquilt
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Croton Review
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Electrum
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First Draft: The Journal of the Alabama Writers' Forum
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Green's Magazine
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Impetus
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Karamu
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Kentucky Poetry Review
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Piedmont Literary Review
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Plainsongs
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Poetry Australia
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Poets Against the War
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Poetsagainstthewar.org
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Proof Rock
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Riverrun
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Salome
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San Fernando Poetry Journal
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Sands
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Sidewinder
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Small Pond Magazine
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Tandava
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The Poet
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Touchstone Review
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Performances:
Athens State University, Athens, AL, lecture/reading/"Women's History Month (2004)
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Troy University Conference (2004)
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Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA (2002)
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Ruins, Prienne, Turkey, J. William Fulbright tour (1999)
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University of Paris, Brown University (1993)
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Reading for Poetry Ireland, Fellowship in Verse, Bewley's (1992)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White, Appalachian
Prefers to work with: 
Mental Health, Homelessness
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Florence
Raised in: 
Florence, AL
Alabama
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Last update: Jun 26, 2006