Patricia Traxler

Poet, Fiction Writer

Salina, KS
Kansas US
Website: 
www.patriciatraxler.com

Author's Bio

Two-time Bunting Poetry Fellow at Radcliffe; Hugo Poet at U.of Montana; Thurber Poet at Ohio State. Author of a novel, BLOOD, and four poetry collections including most recently, NAMING THE FIRES, winner of the 2019 Kansas Book Award in Poetry.

Literary agent: 
Gail Hochman, Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
In the Skin (Spartan Press, 2020)
,
Blood (St. Martin's Press, 2001)
Journals:
AGNI
,
Glimmer Train
,
Newsweek
,
San Francisco Chronicle

Poetry

Anthologies:
A Ring of Words (Sutton Publishing Limited, 2018)
,
Night Errands (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998)
,
Tangled Vines (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1998)
,
The Handbook of Heartbreak (Morrow, 1998)
,
Best American Poetry (Scribner, 1994)
Books:
Naming the Fires (Hanging Loose Press, 2016)
,
Forbidden Words (University of Missouri Press, 1994)
,
The Glass Woman (Hanging Loose Press, 1994)
,
Blood Calendar (William Morrow, 1976)
Journals:
Boston Phoenix
,
Boston Review
,
Kenyon Review
,
Los Angeles Times
,
Ms.
,
New Letters
,
Ploughshares
,
Slate
,
The American Voice
,
The Nation
Prizes won: 

Ploughshares Cohen Award (poetry); Writer's Voice of NYC Open Voice Award (fiction); Hackney Literary Award for Short Fiction; Nimrod's Pablo Neruda Award (poetry); Georgia State Univ. Award for Short Fiction; Radcliffe's Presidential Discretionary Award.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
San Diego, CA
California
Raised in: 
San Diego, CA
California
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Last update: Apr 05, 2021