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Lynne Thompson [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Los Angeles, CA
California US
Email: 
lapoetlaureate@gmail.com
Bio: 

Lynne Thompson was appointed Poet Laureate for the City of Los Angeles in February 2021. She's the author of "Beg No Pardon", winner of the Perugia Press Book Prize, "Start With A Small Guitar", and "Fretwork", winner of the Marsh Hawk Press Prize. She serves on the Boards of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Poetry Foundation and is President of the Board of Directors of Cave Canem..

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles
Prizes won: 

Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award; Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize; Tucson Literary Award (poetry); Individual Artist Award, City of Los Angeles; Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize; Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship                              

 

What I'm reading now: 
Sturge Town by Kwame Dawes
Ankle-Deep in Pacific Water by E. Hughes
Rediscovering Black Portraiture by Peter Brathwaite
Moving the Bones by Rick Barot
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
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