Kathleen Driskell

Poet

Kathleen_Driskell_Author_Photo_SAS_Kit.JPG
Louisville, KY
Kentucky US

Author's Bio

Award-winning poet and teacher Kathleen Driskell serves as the Associate Program Director of Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program in Louisville, Kentucky, where she is Associate Professor of Creative Writing. In addition to Seed Across Snow, she is the author of one previous book of poetry, Laughing Sickness (in its second printing), and the editor of two anthologies of creative writing. Her poems have appeared in many nationally known literary magazines including North American Review, The Southern Review, and The Greensboro Review. Kathleen lives with her husband and two children in an old country church built before The American Civil War.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Seed Across Snow (Red Hen Press, 2009)
,
Laughing Sickness (Fleur-de-lis Press, 1999)
Prizes won: 

Kathleen Driskell has received grants and prizes including awards from the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Foundation for Women, AWP, and Riverstyx.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Valeria's Last Stand by Marc Fitten, National Anthem by Kevin Prufer, Where a NIckel Costs a Dime by Willie Perdomo, Clay and Star: Contemporary Bulgarian Poets by Lisa Sapinkopf & Georgi Belev (eds.), Otherwise Obedient by Carol Potter

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Indianapolis
Raised in: 
Kentucky, KY
Kentucky
Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the listed writers or their representatives.
Last update: Feb 20, 2009