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Charlotte Pence

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Connection to Illinois: Pence is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Biography: Charlotte Pence's poetry merges the personal with the scientific by engaging with current evolutionary theory. Her first full-length poetry collection, ''Many Small Fires'', explores her father's chronic homelessness while simultaneously detailing the physiological changes that enabled humans to form cities, communities, and households. A professor of English and creative writing at Eastern Illinois University, she is also the author of two award-winning poetry chapbooks including [http://www.amazon.com/The-Branches-Missing-Charlotte-Pence/dp/098287667X/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1B4EV268B0TG86H4DZ8B ''The Branches, The Axe, The Missing'',] and the editor of [http://www.amazon.com/Poetics-American-Song-Lyrics-Music/dp/1617031917/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420216756&sr=1-1&keywords=poetics+of+american+song+lyrics%2C+pence ''The Poetics of American Song Lyrics'']. Her poetry has recently been published in ''Alaska Quarterly Review'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''North American Review'', ''Prairie Schooner'', and ''The Southern Poetry Anthology''.


Awards:
  • Discovered Voices Pushcart nominations New Millennium Writing award

Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: contactcharlottepence@gmail.com
Website: http://charlottepence.com/
Charlotte Pence on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=charlotte++pence


Selected Titles

Many small fires /
ISBN: 1625579187 OCLC: 898158714

The writer's path :
ISBN: 0757510868 OCLC: 85771514

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., Dubuque, Iowa : ©2004.

 

 

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