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Maggie Hess [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Bristol, TN
Tennessee US
Email: 
beautyitselfispurpose@gmail.com
Bio: 

Maggie Hess has written and illustrated many books. She gets her inspiration from the differently abled people she walks with every day. They are her driving force!

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Errol Hess, Elizabeth Vega, Libby Jones, Rumi, Basho, Issa, Peace Pilgrim, Kelly McGonigal, Kamo no Chomei, Toko pa Turner. Mary Oliver.
Born in: 
Scott County, Virginia
Raised in: 
Bristol, TN
Tennessee
Website: 
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh… [2]
Prizes won: 

"My Ritual” Awarded May B. Smith English Composition Award for April 2010. “Peace in Role Play” awarded the Leidig Poetry Prize and published in A! Magazine, 2006. Awarded Second Place in the First-Year Essay Contest, 2002.  Honorable mention in Wild Leek's Chapbook Contest judged by Ron Rash, 2017.  Finalist for Folio Prize in Poetry at Fourth River 2019.

What I'm reading now: 
Norton Anthology by Margaret Ferguson
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Identifies as: 
Appalachian
Disabled
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/maggie_hess

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/maggie_hess [2] https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AMaggie%20Hess&s=relevancerank&text=Maggie%20Hess&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1