Kerri French
{{short description|American poet|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Kerri French is an American poet.
Life
Originally from North Carolina, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.{{cite web |url=http://college.unc.edu/features/august2009/article.2009-08-17.3565779016 |title=Three UNC poets in 2009 Best New Poets anthology — College of Arts & Sciences |website=college.unc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610122238/http://college.unc.edu/features/august2009/article.2009-08-17.3565779016 |archive-date=2010-06-10}} She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro's Master of Fine Arts program in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/today/arts-entertainment/2008/12/03/inspired-winehouse|title=Inspired by Winehouse | BU Today | Boston University|publisher=bu.edu|accessdate=2016-06-20|archive-date=2009-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101101601/http://www.bu.edu/today/arts-entertainment/2008/12/03/inspired-winehouse|url-status=dead}} She has taught at Boston University and Mount Ida College.{{cite web|url=http://www.spoke.com/info/pEdUJi5/KerriFrench|title=Kerri French, Adjunct Professor, Mount Ida College | Spoke|publisher=spoke.com|accessdate=2016-06-20}} Her latest project, for DIAGRAM magazine, is a series of poems focused on British singer Amy Winehouse.
Her work appears in Agenda, Brooklyn Review, Fugue, Lumina, The Blotter, DIAGRAM, Natural Bridge,{{Cite web |url=http://www.umsl.edu/~natural/number18/contributors18.html |title=Natural Bridge |access-date=2009-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528235945/http://www.umsl.edu/~natural/number18/contributors18.html |archive-date=2010-05-28 |url-status=dead }} and foursquare editions.{{cite web|url=http://foursquareeditions.blogspot.com/|title=foursquare editions|publisher=foursquareeditions.blogspot.com|accessdate=2016-06-20}} She has broadcast her poems on Sirius Satellite Radio.{{cite web|url=http://web.me.com/kerrifrench/|title=iCloud|publisher=web.me.com|accessdate=2016-06-20}}
She currently resides in Tennessee.
Awards
2009 Larry Franklin and Mei Kwong Fellowship (Writers' Room of Boston){{cite web|url=http://writersroomofboston.com/|title=Writers' Room of Boston | Providing secure and affordable workspace in downtown Boston to emerging and established writers|publisher=writersroomofboston.com|accessdate=2016-06-20}}
Works
- [http://thediagram.com/8_6/french.html "ONE MONTH AFTER CAMDEN TOWN FIRE, AMY WINEHOUSE DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CONDITION"; "DOCTORS WARN AMY WINEHOUSE OF FUTURE EMPHYSEMA RISK", Diagram 8.6]
=Anthologies=
- {{cite book| title=Best New Poets, 2008: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers|editor1=Mark Strand |editor2=Jeb Livingood| publisher=University of Virginia Press| year=2008| isbn=978-0-9766296-3-4| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780976629634}}{{cite web|url=http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/bnp08.HTM|title=Books | The University of Virginia Press|publisher=upress.virginia.edu|accessdate=2016-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923080635/http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/bnp08.HTM|archive-date=2016-09-23|url-status=dead}}
- [http://poetry2008.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-authors.html Anthology, July 19, 2006]
References
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External links
- [http://www.bu.edu/today/arts-entertainment/2008/12/03/inspired-winehouse "Inspired by Winehouse", BU Today, Caleb Daniloff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101101601/http://www.bu.edu/today/arts-entertainment/2008/12/03/inspired-winehouse |date=2009-01-01 }}
- [http://www.kerrifrench.com Kerri French]
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Category:University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni
Category:Boston University faculty
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American women academics