Michelle Boisseau

Michelle Boisseau (October 26, 1955 – November 15, 2017) was an American poet.

Michelle Boisseau
Born(1955-10-26)October 26, 1955
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
DiedNovember 15, 2017(2017-11-15) (aged 62)
Alma materOhio University
University of Houston
Notable awardsSamuel French Morse Poetry Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

Life and career

Boisseau was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26, 1955. She attended Ohio University, where she receiver a BA in 1977 and an MA in 1980, and the University of Houston where she received her PhD in 1985.[1] She began teaching at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1995.[2]

She published her first collection of poetry, No Private Life in 1990. This was followed by Understory in 1996[1] which won the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize.[3] She published Trembling Airs in 2003, A Sunday in God-Years in 2009 and Among the Gorgons in 2016.[4] She has also published a textbook called Writing Poems and her work also appeared in publications such as Poetry, The Yale Review and The Cincinnati Review.[5]

She was awarded with a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017 for her work.[1]

She died on November 15, 2017 from lung cancer.[2]

Bibliography
  • Among the Gorgons (2016) ISBN 1597321362
  • A Sunday in God-Years (2009) ISBN 1557289018
  • Tremblimg Airs (2003) ISBN 155728752X
  • Understory (1996) ISBN 1555532861
  • No Private Life (1990) ISBN 0826512399

References
  1. "Michelle Boisseau". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. Staff, Harriet (June 2, 2019). "Rest in Peace, Michelle Boisseau". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. "Understory by Michelle Boisseau, Molly Peacocks". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  4. "Michelle Boisseau". Poetry Foundation. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  5. "Michelle Boisseau". The Missouri Review. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
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