Lisa Olstein
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Biography
Lisa Olstein is the author of five poetry collections and two books of nonfiction. A member of the poetry faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, Lannan Residency Fellowship, Hayden Carruth Award, and Writers League of Texas Discovery Award.
Published Works
Poetry:
Dream Apartment (Copper Canyon Press, 2023)
Late Empire (Copper Canyon Press, 2017)
Little Stranger (Copper Canyon Press, 2013)
Lost Alphabet (Copper Canyon Press, 2009)
Radio Crackling, Radio Gone (Copper Canyon Press, 2006)
Nonfiction:
Climate (Essay Press, 2022)
Pain Studies (Bellevue Literary Press, 2020)
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Education
Barnard College, Columbia University, BA
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MFA
Additional study: Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, Harvard Divinity School