Lynn Emanuel
Lynn Emanuel (Born in Mt. Kisco, New York) She is the author of four books of poetry, Hotel
Fiesta (University of Georgia Press, 1994), The Dig (University of Illinois Press, 1992), and Then, Suddenly-- (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999), which was awarded the Eric
Matthieu King Award from The Academy of American Poets, and Noose and Hook (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010).
Her work has been featured in the Pushcart
Prize Anthology and Best American Poetry numerous times and is
included in The Oxford Book of American Poetry. She has been a judge for the National Book
Awards and has taught at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Warren Wilson
Program in Creative Writing, and the Bennington College Low Residency MFA
program. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for
the Arts and has been a winner of the National Poetry Series.
She holds a BA from Bennington College, an MA from the City College of New York, and an MFA from the University of Iowa.