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Lee Upton
Lee Upton's short story collection The Tao of Humiliation received the BOA Short Fiction Prize. Her awards include the Lyric Poetry Award and The Writer/Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America; the Pushcart Prize; the National Poetry Series Award; and the Miami University Novella... show more

Lee Upton's short story collection The Tao of Humiliation received the BOA Short Fiction Prize. Her awards include the Lyric Poetry Award and The Writer/Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America; the Pushcart Prize; the National Poetry Series Award; and the Miami University Novella Award. Her collection of essays, Swallowing the Sea: On Writing & Ambition Boredom Purity & Secrecy, received ForeWord Review's Book of the Year Award in the category of books about writing.
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TrevorPTweedleD
TrevorPTweedleD rated it 10 years ago
Received a copy of Swallowing the Sea: On Writing & Ambition Boredom, Purity, & Secrecy by Lee Upton through the First Reads Giveaway program in exchange for an honest review "A writing life is at the very least a double life. It is a life in which not only memory but also forgetfulness has value."T...
The Lazy Blogger - Rose Mary Boehm
The Lazy Blogger - Rose Mary Boehm rated it 11 years ago
Would-be poets, young poets, those who write a poem a year or prolific poets, this book is an inspiration as well as a tool shed. If you don’t use it as a workshop (which it is), use it to expand your range. THE CRAFTY POET is a book which should be on every poet’s bookshelves. It also brings us dow...
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