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Sandra Simonds

Sandra Simonds

Sandra Simonds is an American poet, Author, and professor. Sandra Simonds is currently a Associate professor of English and Humanities at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia.[3]

Early Life & Education

Sandra Simonds was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Los Angeles, California.[4] She is a graduate of UCLA. She earned her Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Florida State University. She also earned her M.F.A. from the University of Montana.[12]

Career

Books

Simonds is the author of 7 books:[3] Her latest book, Atopia, is due to be published in October 2019.[5]

  • Atopia (Wesleyan University Press, 2019) [5]

  • Orlando (Wave Books, 2018) [6]

  • Further Problems with Pleasure (University of Akron Press, 2017) [7]

  • Steal It Back (Saturnalia Books, 2015) [8]

  • The Sonnets (Bloof Books, 2014) [9]

  • Mother Was a Tragic Girl (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2012) [10]

  • Warsaw Bikini (Bloof Books, 2009) [11]

Awards & Accomplishments

In 2012, Simonds was a Cleveland State University Press Open Reading Poetry Prize Winner for her book Mother Was a Tragic Girl.[3]

In 2013, Simonds won a Readers’ Choice Award for her sonnet "Red Wand," which was published on the Academy of American Poets' website.[3]

In 2015, her book Further Problems with Pleasure won the University of Akron Press's Akron Poetry Prize.[2]

In addition to the awards she has won as an author, her poems have been included in Best American Poetry in 2014 and 2015 and have appeared in many literary journals, including Poetry Magazine the American Poetry Review the Chicago Review , Granta , Boston Review, Ploughshares , Fence, Court Green, and Lana Turner.[3]

Personal Life

Sandra Simonds resides in Tallahassee, Florida and is an Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia.[4]

References

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Citation Linktwitter.comSandra Simonds on Twitter
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Citation Linkpoetryfoundation.orgSandra Simonds on Poetry Foundation
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Citation Linkpw.orgSandra Simonds on Poets & Writers
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Citation Linkamazon.comAtopia (available on Amazon, published in 2019)
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Citation Linkamazon.comOrlando (available on Amazon, published in 2018)
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Citation Linkamazon.comFurther Problems with Pleasure (Akron series in poetry) (available on Amazon, published in 2017)
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Citation Linkamazon.comSteal It Back (available on Amazon, published in 2015)
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Citation Linkamazon.comThe Sonnets (available on Amazon, published in 2014)
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Citation Linkamazon.comMother Was a Tragic Girl (available on Amazon, published in 2012)
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Citation Linkamazon.comWarsaw Bikini (available on Amazon, published in 2008)
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Citation Linkashland.eduSandra Simonds on Ashland University
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Citation Linkpoetryfoundation.org“It’s going to hurt” (by Sandra Simonds)
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Citation Linkinstagram.comSandra Simonds on Instagram
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comSandra Simonds (source: Amazon)
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