Carmen Giménez | |
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Born | New York City | February 20, 1971
Alma mater |
San Jose State University Iowa Writers' Workshop |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Be Recorder |
Website | |
carmengimenez |
Carmen Giménez (born February 20, 1971), also known as Carmen Giménez Smith, is an American poet, writer, and editor.
Giménez earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. She was recently a professor in English at Virginia Tech [1] and, prior to that, New Mexico State University. [2] She teaches in Bennington College's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. [3]
Giménez founded the "historically brown and queer" Noemi Press in 2002, [4] and she is a founding fellow and co-director of CantoMundo. [5] In the fall of 2017, Giménez became editor of The Nation Poetry Section, alongside Stephanie Burt. [6] In summer of 2022, Giménez became the Executive Director and Publisher of Graywolf Press. [7]
In 2009, Giménez was named to Poetry Society of America's biennial New American Poets Series. [8] In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction; [9] her memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds, received an American Book Award; [10] and her third collection of poems, Goodbye, Flicker, was awarded the Juniper Prize for Poetry. [11] Milk and Filth was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. [12] Her 2019 poetry collection Be Recorder was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, [13] the PEN/Open Book Award, [14] the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, [15] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. [16]
Carmen Giménez | |
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Born | New York City | February 20, 1971
Alma mater |
San Jose State University Iowa Writers' Workshop |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Be Recorder |
Website | |
carmengimenez |
Carmen Giménez (born February 20, 1971), also known as Carmen Giménez Smith, is an American poet, writer, and editor.
Giménez earned a Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. She was recently a professor in English at Virginia Tech [1] and, prior to that, New Mexico State University. [2] She teaches in Bennington College's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. [3]
Giménez founded the "historically brown and queer" Noemi Press in 2002, [4] and she is a founding fellow and co-director of CantoMundo. [5] In the fall of 2017, Giménez became editor of The Nation Poetry Section, alongside Stephanie Burt. [6] In summer of 2022, Giménez became the Executive Director and Publisher of Graywolf Press. [7]
In 2009, Giménez was named to Poetry Society of America's biennial New American Poets Series. [8] In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction; [9] her memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds, received an American Book Award; [10] and her third collection of poems, Goodbye, Flicker, was awarded the Juniper Prize for Poetry. [11] Milk and Filth was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. [12] Her 2019 poetry collection Be Recorder was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, [13] the PEN/Open Book Award, [14] the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, [15] and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. [16]