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Muriel KARR [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
CA
California US
Email: 
murielkarr@comcast.net
Bio: 

B.A., Reed College - French major, German minor; M.A., Indiana University, French literature. Taught French at Indiana Univ Northwest, Gary; French and German, Univ of Maine, Orono; former Acting Head, Dept of For. Langs., Univ of Maine, Farmington. Attended Napa Valley Writers Conf 1983-86; Community of Writers Poetry Conf [formerly 'Squaw Valley' Writers Conf] 1987, 1988, 2015; Foothill Writers Conf 1989-2001; Blue Flower Arts, Florida 2010; Healing Art of Writing, Dominican Univ 2010.

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
Favorite authors: 
Bob Hass; Linda Gregg; Montaigne
Born in: 
Lowell, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Prizes won: 

Fulbright Scholar; Woodrow Wilson Fellow

What I'm reading now: 
Ordinary Psalms by Julia Levine
tiny beautiful things by Cheryl Strayed
Identifies as: 
Feminist
French
Italian American
Scotch-Irish American
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/muriel_karr

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