Carol Bachofner
{{short description|American poet of Abenaki descent|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Carol Willette Bachofner is an American poet of Abenaki descent. She currently resides in Rockland, Maine. She is the co-founder and editor of the online literary journal, Pulse, established in 1997. She has also published several collections of her own poetry, including Native Moons, Native Days, as well as Drink from Your Own Wells: a guide to richer writing.
Career
She has been nominated for several literary awards and honors, including Editor of the Year by the Wordcraft Circle of Writers & Storytellers in 1999{{cite document|title=Wordcraft Circle Awards Announced Honoring Native Writers and Storytellers|publisher=Native American Times|id={{ProQuest|367629743}}}} and Writer of the Year for her poetry by that same group in 2000.
In April 2012, she was named Rockland Poet Laureate{{cite news|last=Ernest|first=Dagney|title=Laureates Galore|url=http://knox.villagesoup.com/p/laureates-galore/978522|accessdate=11 April 2013|newspaper=The Camden Herald}} by the City of Rockland, Maine.
Publications
;Poetry Collections
- Daughter of the Ardennes Forest: Poems. Charlotte, NC: Main Street Rag Pub., 2007. Print. {{ISBN|0-375-76081-4}}, {{ISBN|978-1599480640}}.
- Breakfast at the Brass Compass: poems of Mid Coast Maine. Rockland, ME: Heartsounds, 2009. Print. {{ISBN|0-8050-6727-2}}, {{ISBN|978-1-892266-10-1}}.
- I Write in the Greenhouse: Poems. Rockland, ME: Front Porch Editions, 2011. Print. {{ISBN|0-8050-6727-2}}, {{ISBN|978-1892266132}}.
- Native Moons, Native Days: Poems. Greenfield Center, NY: Bowman, 2012. Print. {{ISBN|0-8050-6727-2}}, {{ISBN|978-1105254543}}
;Individual Publications
- All sorts, Amtrak Dawn: Seattle to Vancouver, BC.Prairie Schooner Journal, First Edition, University of Nebraska Press, 2003
- Nocturne, and: After Your Divorce.
References
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External links
- [http://comstockreview.org/ The Comstock Review]. Accessed 2013-04-02
- [http://www.heartsoundspressliterary.com/Pulse_Online_Literary_Journal/Welcome.html Heartsounds Press]. Accessed 2013-04-03
- [http://www.mainstreetrag.com/ Main Street Rag Magazine]. Accessed 2013-04-02
- [http://www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=173839 Maine State Library Archive]. Accessed 2013-04-02
- Dacus, Rachel. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130323122133/http://www.fringemagazine.org/blog/speed-interviews-poets-from-awp-carol-willette-bachofner/ Fringe Magazine]. Accessed 2013-04-04
- [http://rockcitypoet.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-interview.html Rock City Poet Blog]. Accessed 2013-04-01
- YouTube. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHMdDZUcLYI Three Poets Book Launch, Camden Library]. Accessed 2013-03-27.
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Category:People from Rockland, Maine
Category:Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni