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Mindy Aloff [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
US
Bio: 

I am also the editor of <em>Leaps in the Dark: Art and the World by Agnes de Mille</em> (University Press of Florida, 2011) and author of the book <em>Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation</em> (Disney Editions, 2009).

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Philadelphia
Raised in: 
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania
Website: 
https://www.MindyAloff.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Whiting Writers Award; Past Fellow: The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Dance Critics Institute of the American Dance Festival

What I'm reading now: 
Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck
The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems by Robert Hass
The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic by John Canemaker
What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing by Brian Seibert
Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall and Jean Stearns
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/mindy_aloff [2] https://www.MindyAloff.com