Simone White | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Middletown, Connecticut |
Alma mater |
Wesleyan University (BA) Harvard University (JD) The New School (MFA) CUNY Graduate Center (PhD) |
Genre | Poetry, criticism |
Notable awards | Whiting 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.
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]
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]
Simone White | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Middletown, Connecticut |
Alma mater |
Wesleyan University (BA) Harvard University (JD) The New School (MFA) CUNY Graduate Center (PhD) |
Genre | Poetry, criticism |
Notable awards | Whiting 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.
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]
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]