Ava Leavell Haymon
{{short description|American writer}}
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Ava Leavell Haymon was the 2013–2015 Poet Laureate of Louisiana.{{cite news|title=Our Views: Haymon good pick for job |url=http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/6347880-123/our-views-haymon-good-pick |accessdate=22 August 2013 |newspaper=The Advocate |date=2 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185748/http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/6347880-123/our-views-haymon-good-pick |archivedate=29 October 2013 }}{{cite web |title=Louisiana Poet Laureate |url=https://leh.org/our-work/special-initiatives/louisiana-poet-laureate/ |website=Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities |access-date=5 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Louisiana |url=https://guides.loc.gov/united-states-state-poets-laureate/hawaii-maryland#s-lib-ctab-28174969-7|website=The Library of Congress |publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=30 July 2022}}
Career
She is the author of four collections of poetry, including [http://lsupress.org/books/detail/eldest-daughter Eldest Daughter], [http://lsupress.org/books/detail/why-the-house-is-made-of-gingerbread Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread], [http://lsupress.org/books/detail/kitchen-heat Kitchen Heat] and [http://lsupress.org/books/detail/the-strict-economy-of-fire The Strict Economy of Fire], along with five chapbooks.
She is the editor of the forthcoming Louisiana State University Press, Barataria Poetry Series (Spring 2014) and has been awarded the Louisiana Literature Prize for poetry in 2003,{{cite web|title=Louisiana Literature Prize for Poetry|url=http://www2.southeastern.edu/orgs/lalit/poetryprize.html|accessdate=23 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Ava Haymon: About |url=http://avahaymon.com/about-ava/ |accessdate=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230024921/http://avahaymon.com/about-ava/ |archivedate=30 December 2011 }} the L.E. Phillabaum Poetry Award for 2010,{{cite web|title=Books by Series - L.E. Phillabaum Poetry Award|url=http://lsupress.org/books/by-series/l-e-phillabaum-poetry-award|accessdate=23 May 2013}} the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters 2011 Award in Poetry{{cite web|title=Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, Previous Winners 2010 - 2012 |url=http://www.ms-arts-letters.org/winners.shtml#2010 |accessdate=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210211/http://www.ms-arts-letters.org/winners.shtml |archivedate=3 March 2016 }} and has taught as an Artist in the Schools for a number of years.
Her third book, Why The House Was Made Of Gingerbread, was chosen as one of the top ten books of 2010 by Women's Voices for Change.{{cite web|title=Poetry Friday Special|url=http://womensvoicesforchange.org/poetry-friday-special-a-gift-list-from-the-poets-in-our-lives.htm|accessdate=15 May 2013|author=Women's Voices For Change|date=10 Dec 2010}}
Ava's work has appeared in Northwest Review,{{cite journal|last=Haymon|first=Ava Leavell|title=What the Witch Wanted|journal=Northwest Review|year=2006|volume=44|issue=3|pages=79–80}} Prairie Schooner,{{cite journal|last=Haymon|first=Ava Leavell|title=Cornucopia|journal=Prairie Schooner|date=Fall 2003|volume=77|issue=3}} Poetry,{{cite journal|last=Haymon|first=Ava Leavell|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ava-leavell-haymon|title=Ava Leavell Haymon|journal=Poetry|date=January 2003|volume=CLXXXI|issue=3}} and others.
Selected works
=Books=
- {{cite book|title=Eldest Daughter: Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXVleyQ6sLsC|date=12 August 2013|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-5339-0}}
- {{cite book|title=Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread: Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOo0lQpArCcC|date=1 March 2010|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|isbn=978-0-8071-3757-4}}
- {{cite book|title=Kitchen Heat: Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjGQw5ED4VsC|year=2006|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-3172-5}}
- {{cite book|title=The Strict Economy of Fire: Poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gdY-etu9sRoC|year=2004|publisher=LSU Press|isbn=978-0-8071-2994-4}}
Chapbooks
- Why the Groundhog Fears Her Shadow. Greensboro, North Carolina: March Street Press, 1996. {{ISBN|9781882983148}}
- Built in Fear of Heat. Troy, Maine: Nightshade Press, 1994. {{ISBN|9781879205451}}
- Staving Off Rapture. Chico, California: Flume Press, 1994. {{ISBN|9780961398491}}
- A Name Gift for Every Child. Baton Rouge: Mother Daybreak Press, 1991.
References
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External links
- [http://avahaymon.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.pw.org/content/ava_leavell_haymon "Ava Leavell Haymon"], Poets & Writers
- {{cite web|url=http://knoxwritershouse.com/The_Knox_Writers_House_Site/The_Knox_Writers_House___Ava_Leavell_Haymon.html|title=Ava Leavell-Haymon reading|publisher=The Knox Writers’ House}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvFIrO4dmc|title=Ava Leavell Haymon Reading at Baton Rouge Gallery |publisher= batonrougegallery }}
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