Mary Morris

Poet

Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico US

Author's Bio

Mary Morris is the author of four books of poetry, most recently "Lanterns in the Night Market" (2025 Texas Review Press). Her other books include "Enter Water, Swimmer" (selected by X.J. Kennedy), "Dear October" (winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award), and "Late Self-Portraits" (winner of the Wheelbarrow Book Prize).  Her work has been published in Boulevard, North American Review, Poetry Magazine, Prairie Schooner, Arts & Letters, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and numerous other literary journals. She received the Rita Dove Award, Western Humanities Review Prize in Poetry, and the New Mexico Discovery Award. Mary Morris has been invited to read her poems at the Library of Congress, which was consequently aired on NPR. Mary lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Contact info: www.water400.org   mary@water400.org

Publications & Prizes

Book:
ENTER WATER SWIMMER, DEAR OCTOBER, LATE SELF-PORTRAITS, LANTERNS IN THE NIGHT MARKET (Texas Review Press, 2025)
Journals: , , ,
Poetry Daily
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Poetry Magazine
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Verse Daily
Prizes won: 

American Life in Poetry from The Poetry Foundation

Wheelbarrow Books (MSU) Poetry Prize

Arizona/ New Mexico Book Award

2019 Winner of Western Humanities Review Mountain West Award

The Rita Dove Award

New Mexico Discovery Award

Finalist for the Brittingham & Pollak Prize, Persea Book Prize & Perugia Press Prize

Scholarship to Recuersos Literary Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Szymborska
What I'm reading now: 
The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie Graham, Glass, Irony & God by Anne Carson

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma
Raised in: 
Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico
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Last update: Dec 29, 2024