Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2011) Winner
Kerri Webster
ケリ・ウェブスター
Kerri Webster
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1971 （Idaho）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Idaho → Indiana → St. Louis, Missouri → Boise, Idaho
Career
- Occupations
- poet, university teacher, writer
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
- Affiliations
- Boise State University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Indiana University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2011 | Iowa Poetry Prize | Grand and Arsenal | — | — | winner |
| 2013 | Lucille Medwick Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | winner |
| 2006 | Crazyhorse Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize | — | — | Crazyhorse | winner |
| 2004 | Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship | — | — | Idaho Commission on the Arts | fellowship |
| 2016 | Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship | — | — | Idaho Commission on the Arts | fellowship |
| 2003 | Poetry Society Chapbook Fellowship | Rowing Through Fog | — | Poetry Society of America | winner |
Whiting Award
2011
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Iowa Poetry Prize
2011
Work:
Grand and Arsenal
Result:
winner
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
2013
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
winner
Crazyhorse Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize
2006
Organization:
Crazyhorse
Result:
winner
Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship
2004
Organization:
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Result:
fellowship
Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship
2016
Organization:
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Result:
fellowship
Poetry Society Chapbook Fellowship
2003
Work:
Rowing Through Fog
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lapis
2022 poetryThe Trailhead
2018 poetryWe Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone
2005 poetryGrand and Arsenal
2012 poetryBibliography
- Lapis (2022)
- The Trailhead (2018)
- We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone (2005)
- Grand and Arsenal (2012)
- Rowing Through Fog (2003)
- Psalm Project (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- intuitive forcesquirky visionimpeccable grace and verve
- Recurring Motifs
- sexuality and powerecopoetic meditationssacred and secular
Legacy
American contemporary poet who has received the Whiting Award and several other prizes. Known for poetry exploring nature, sexuality, the sacred and profane. Teaches at Boise State University.
Quotes
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Kerri Webster has my favorite living ear... “The stranger carves a gold tunnel / through the gold book...
Source: Shane McCrae -
Intuitive forces keep Webster’s poems moving ahead into unexpected but never gratuitous places.
Source: Jane Mead -
Taking on ‘our whole silly empire of sorrow,’ in which the holy is ever vanishing...
Source: Carl Phillips