Chellis Glendinning [1]
Listed as:
Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:
Sucre
Bolivia
BO
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
Spanish
Born in:
Cleveland,
OH
Ohio
Raised in:
Cleveland,
OH
Ohio
Website:
Prizes won:
National Federation of Press Women Book Award in non-fiction, 2000, for Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy; National Federation of Press Women Book Award in non-fiction, 2006 and New Mexico Book Awards Finalist, 2007 for Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade; Best Local Writer, Rio Grande Sun, 2000 and 2003; International Poets Selection in Persimmon Tree, Fall 2012 for "26"; Honorable Mention, Gemini Magazine Poetry Open, Spring 2013 for "outlaw." Best Documentary Feature from New Mexico Broadcasters´ Association for four-part radio series "El Ronconcito en el Cielo," 2009.
Agent/Agency name:
Ben Camardi
What I'm reading now:
Uprooted Minds: Surviving the Politics of Terror in the Americas by
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by
Homage to Cataluña by
Identifies as:
European American
Prefers to work with:
Adults