Simone White (writer)

Simone White
White in 2023
White in 2023
Born1972 (age 52–53)
Middletown, Connecticut
Alma materWesleyan University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
The New School (MFA)
CUNY Graduate Center (PhD)
GenrePoetry, criticism
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2017)

Simone White (born 1972) is an American poet, literary critic, and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, she won a Whiting Award for poetry.[1] Much of her writing style is a hybrid between poetry and prose.

Biography

White was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and grew up in Philadelphia.[2] She has a BA from Wesleyan University and earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1997. She practiced law for seven years after graduation.[3] Since then, she has also earned an MFA from The New School and a PhD in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[4]

She was a visiting associate professor at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in Spring 2018.[5]

As of 2020, she is an assistant professor in the English department at the University of Pennsylvania.[6]

Honors and awards

White was award a Whiting Award for Poetry in 2017.

She was selected as a "New American Poet" by the Poetry Society of America in 2013.[7]

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Dear Angel of Death, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2018
  • Of Being Dispersed, Futurepoem Books, 2016
  • House of Envy of All the World, 2010
  • Unrest, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013 (chapbook)
  • Dolly (with illustrations by Kim Thomas), Q Ave Press, 2008

Articles

References

  1. ^ Piepenbring, Dan (22 March 2017). "Say Hello to the 2017 Whiting Honorees". The Paris Review. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ Foundation, Poetry (23 July 2020). "Simone White". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ Mannino, Carrie. "Simone White: Poet, Scholar, Philosopher". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Simone White". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Simone White - Iowa Writers' Workshop | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | The University of Iowa". writersworkshop.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Simone White - Department of English". www.english.upenn.edu. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Simone White". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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