Heathen Derr

Poet

IA
Iowa US
Email: 
heathenderr@gmail.com
Website: 
heatherderrsmith.com
Twitter/X: 
@cuvaj_se

Author's Bio

Heather Derr-Smith is the author of five books, Each End of the World (Main Street Rag Press, 2005), The Bride Minaret (University of Akron Press, 2008), Tongue Screw (Spark Wheel Press, 2016), Thrust (Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Award, Persea Books, 2017), and Outskirts (University of Akron Press, 2022). They are founder and director of Cuvaj se/Take Care, a nonprofit supporting writers in conflict zones and post-conflict recovery areas. 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Thrust (Persea Books, 2017)
,
Tongue Screw (Spark Wheel Press, 2016)
,
The Bride Minaret (University of Akron Press, Akron Poetry Series, 2008)
,
Each End of the World (Main Street Rag, 2005)
Prizes won: 

main Street Rag Press, Editor's Choice Award

University of Akron Press Editor's Choice Award

Persea Books, Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award

Poetry International C.P Cavafy Prize, 2019

 

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Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
The Darkening Trapeze by Larry Levis, Citizen by Claudia Rankine, I Must be Living Twice by Eileen Myles, The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Dallas
Raised in: 
Fredericksburg, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Nov 19, 2021