21 Book Salute: Poetry

A list of alum publications to mark 21 years of the MFA in Creative Writing
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From Apps to Youngdahl, here are MFA graduates who have published full-length poetry collections, one book from each (several have more than one publication). You'll find that the list could not be constrained by arbitrary limits (such as "21"). Let us know if we've missed any others (at sutt0063@umn.edu). Future add: Roy Guzmán (2017) this winter announced his debut collection is forthcoming from Graywolf Press.

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1.
Aaron Apps (2013)
Dear Herculine
Ahsahta Press

 

2.
Feng Sun Chen (2013)
The 8th House
Black Ocean

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3.
Lightsey Darst (2004)
Thousands
Coffee House Press

 

4.
Laressa Dickey (2005)
Bottomland
Shearsman Books

5.
Sarah Fox (2012)
The First Flag
Coffee House Press

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6.
Christine Friedlander (2013)
Avant Gauze
Magic Helicopter

7.
Julie Gard (2000)
Home Studies
New Rivers Press

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8.
Stephanie Johnson (2005)
Kinesthesia
New Rivers Press

9.
Arlene Kim (2008)
What have you done to our ears to make us hear echoes?
Milkweed Editions

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10.
Brian Laidlaw (2011)
The Stuntman
Milkweed Editions

11.
Alex Lemon (2004)
The Wish Book
Milkweed Editions

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12.
Lucas de Lima (2012)
Wet Land
Action Books

13.
Carrie Lorig (2014)
The Pulp Vs. The Throne
Artifice Books

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14.
Éireann Lorsung (2006)
Her Book
Milkweed Editions

15.
Michelle Matthees (2001)
Flucht
New Rivers Press

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16.
Opal McCarthy (2011)
Surge
Tinderbox Editions

17.
Michael Mendrano (2006)
Born in the Cavity of Sunsets
Bilingual Review Press

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18.
Rachel Moritz (2006)
Sweet Velocity
Lost Roads Publishers

19.
Anna Reckin (1998)
Line to Curve
Shearsman Books

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20.
Karen Rigby (2004)
Chinoiserie
Ahsahta Press

21.
Nate Slawson (2008)
Panic Attack, USA
Yes, Yes Books

And six to grow on . . . .

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22.
Yuko Taniguchi (2001)
Foreign Wife Elegy
Coffee House Press

23.
Michael Walsh (2006)
Dirt Riddles
University of Arkansas Press

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24.
Jennifer Willoughby (2006)
Beautiful Zero
Milkweed Editions

25.
Elisabeth Workman (2014)
Endlessness Is No Desolation
Dusie Press

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26.
Ryo Yamaguchi (2008)
The Refusal of Suitors
Noemi Press

27.
Shana Youngdahl (2006)
History, Advice, and Other Half Truths
Stephen F. Austin University Press

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