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Karen Snow

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Karen Snow
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Notable awardsWalt Whitman Award (1978)

Karen Snow is an American poet. Her work has appeared in the Beloit Poetry Journal,[1] Chowder Review,[2] Montserrat Review,[3][4] Heartland, Michigan Quarterly Review, Lake Superior Review, ANON, Prairie Schooner, and the North American Review. Karen Snow is a pseudonym.[5]

Awards and honours

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In 1978, Snow received the Walt Whitman Award for her book Wonders.[5] This prize was awarded annually to a poet who had not previously published poetry in a book.[5] Snow was 54 at the time of the award.[5]

Works

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Poetry

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  • "Afterglow". Beloit Poetry Journal. 22. 1971.[6]
  • "Grit". Beloit Poetry Journal. 24. Fall 1973.[7]
  • "Clover". Beloit Poetry Journal. 29. Fall 1978.[8]
  • "Retirement". Beloit Poetry Journal. 30. Summer 1980.[9]
  • "Hare". Beloit Poetry Journal. 42. Spring 1992.[10]
  • Wonders. Viking Press. 1980. ISBN 978-0-670-77917-8.
  • Outsiders. Countryman Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-88150-011-0.

Novel

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  • Willo. Street Fiction Press. 1976. re-issued in 1981 by Pinnacle Books.

Anthologies

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Juvenile collection

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  • Karen Snow, ed. (1995). Prairie dog dreams : a collection of poems. Illustrator Abraham Jones (ill). Wooded Hill Productions. ISBN 978-1-886635-00-5.
  • Sigmund A. Boloz, Karen Snow (1996). The Learning Never Stops: A Collection of Poems. Illustrators Antoinette C. Boloz, Abraham Jones. Wooded Hill Productions. ISBN 978-1-886635-10-4.
  • Sigmund A. Boloz (1997). Karen Snow (ed.). The Distance Across One's Heart: Poetry for the Writer. Illustrator Abraham Jones. Wooded Hill Productions. ISBN 978-1-886635-12-8.

References

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  1. ^ "Author Index". Beloit Poetry Journal. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  2. ^ The Chowder Review. s.n. 1979-01-01.
  3. ^ "Contributors". The Montserrat Review. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  4. ^ "The Montserrat Review". The Montserrat Review. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  5. ^ a b c d Lask, Thomas (April 14, 1978). "Publishing: Award For 'New' Poet, 54". The New York Times. p. 24. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Afterglow" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 22. 1971.
  7. ^ "Grit" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 24. Fall 1973.
  8. ^ "Clover" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 29. Fall 1978.
  9. ^ "Retirement" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 30. Summer 1980.
  10. ^ "Hare" (PDF). Beloit Poetry Journal. 42. Spring 1992.