by Jennifer Militello (Author)
Author of A Camouflage of Specimens and Garments, Body Thesaurus, and Flinch of Song, all published by Tupelo Press, as well as Open Sail, published by Finishing Line Press
Pieces for Knock Wood have been published in The Collagist, Mid-American Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and more
Author has been honored with numerous prizes for her work in poetry and prose, including the Yeats Poetry Prize from the W.B. Yeats Society of New York (2018), finalist status in the New Letters Prize for Nonfiction (2018), finalist status in the Cleveland State University Essay Collection Competition (2017 and 2018), the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize (2013), and the Tupelo Press First Book Award (2007), among others
Author's poetry collection Body Thesaurus was named one of the top poetry books of 2013 by Best American Poetry and runner-up for the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Author received grants and fellowships from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, a residency with the I-Park Artists' Enclave and the The Millay Colony for the Arts, and a fellowship with Writers at Work
Author's most recent poetry collection, A Camouflage of Specimens and Garments, (Tupelo Press, 2016) earned strong trade reviews, including a Publishers Weekly review calling it "positively bewitching"
Author is a member of the Academy of American Poets, Poetry Society of America, New England Poetry Club, and the Poetry Society of New Hampshire
A veteran author with strong connections in the literary community, Militello will seek blurbs and support from authors such as Beth Ann Fennelly, Sarah Manguso, Lily Hoang, Julianna Baggott, Alysia Abbott, Matt Bell, Kate Harding, Andre Dubus III, and Caroline Leavitt
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: August 13, 2019
