Anne MacNaughton

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Anne MacNaughton, a.k.a. Annie MacNaughton, is an American poet. She received her MA from the University of New Mexico, where she later taught.{{cite news |last1=Concha |first1=Juanisidro |title=Anne MacNaughton gives a thorough schooling |url=https://www.taosnews.com/editorial-series/in-the-valle/prejudice-and-reconciliation/in-the-valle-prejudice-and-reconciliation-series-part-7-anne-macnaughton/article_3a0bf6ff-8282-512c-b7b4-46e325df5880.html |accessdate=21 November 2020 |work=Taos News |date=23 September 2020}} She and her late husband Peter Douthit (known professionally as Peter Rabbit) founded the Taos Poetry Circus, which became a significant locus of performance poetry until it ceased operations in 2003.{{cite news |last1=Sharpe |first1=Tom |title=Peter Douthit, 1936-2012: Taos poet lived for people, community |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/peter-douthit-1936-2012-taos-poet-lived-for-people-community/article_ca308ecd-211a-51eb-a83b-63fb67e9c7fa.html |accessdate=21 November 2020 |work=Santa Fe New Mexican |date=29 October 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Lynne |title=The late, great Taos Poetry Circus |url=https://www.taosnews.com/tempo/culture/the-late-great-taos-poetry-circus/article_d3147c68-65f9-55ab-9826-2e41baab3b3b.html |accessdate=21 November 2020 |work=Taos News |date=29 April 2020}} Douthit died in 2012. MacNaughton has continued to foster poetry writing and performance in New Mexico through the Society of the Muse of the Southwest and the Poetry Education Project, both of which she founded, as well as serving on committees evaluating poetry for the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.{{cite web |title=Levi Romero Named New Mexico's First Poet Laureate |url=http://www.newmexicoculture.org/release/1095/29 |accessdate=21 November 2020 |date=30 January 2020}}

MacNaughton is the editor of Taos Poetry Circus: The Nineties, published in 2002.{{cite book |last1=MacNaughton |first1=Anne |title=Taos Poetry Circus : The Nineties |date=2002 |publisher=Pennywhistle Press |location=Santa Fe |isbn=9780938631408}} She has also been collected in New Mexico Poetry Renaissance (1994) and The Best American Poetry 1989.{{cite book |editor-last1=Niederman |editor-first1=Sharon |editor-last2=Sagan |editor-first2=Miriam |title=New Mexico Poetry Renaissance |date=1994 |publisher=Red Crane Books |location=Santa Fe |isbn=9781878610416}}{{cite book |editor-last1=Lehman |editor-first1=David |editor-last2=Hall |editor-first2=Donald |title=The Best American Poetry, 1989 |date=1989 |publisher=Scribner's |location=New York |isbn=9780684190952}}