Ohioana Poetry Book Award: 2007
Martha Collins for Blue Front
Graywolf Press
Another poetry book award was presented to Bruce Weigl
Blue Front is Martha Collins’ sixth book of poetry. Other books include
Critical Essays on Louise Bogan (1984) and two books of translation,
The Women Carry River Water: Poems by Nguyen Quang Thieu (1997) and Green Rice: Poems by Lam Thi My Da (2005).
A graduate of Stanford University (A.B.) and the University of Iowa (M.A. and Ph.D.), Dr. Collins has been the recipient of the
Cleveland Foundation’s Anisfield-Wolf Award, the Laurence Goldstein Poetry Prize, three Pushcart Prizes, and
National Endowment for the Arts, Ingram Merrill, and Bread Loaf Fellowships.
She is a former Oberlin College professor.
Martha Collins website
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