Elizabeth Hoover is a poet, critic, and journalist. She is currently working on The Archive Sings of Winter, a book-length series of poems set in a fantastical archive, and Living in the Universe: A Critical Biography of Robert Hayden.
Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Plainsongs, Poetry Northwest, Massachusetts Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Natural Bridge, and Folio, among others. In 2012, she was one of the winners of the Split This Rock Poetry of Provocation and Witness contest. Additional honors include a residency at the Virginia Colony for the Creative Arts, a Flight School Fellowship, and a Pushcart nomination from New Letters. In 2011, she published Love in the Wild, a limited edition chapbook.
She is the author of three biographies for young adults on Suzanne Collins, Wyclef Jean, and Walter Dean Myers. After receiving a combined MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English literature, Elizabeth returned to her native Pittsburgh and writes for publications including The Paris Review, Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Dallas Morning News.
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Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Plainsongs, Poetry Northwest, Massachusetts Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Natural Bridge, and Folio, among others. In 2012, she was one of the winners of the Split This Rock Poetry of Provocation and Witness contest. Additional honors include a residency at the Virginia Colony for the Creative Arts, a Flight School Fellowship, and a Pushcart nomination from New Letters. In 2011, she published Love in the Wild, a limited edition chapbook.
She is the author of three biographies for young adults on Suzanne Collins, Wyclef Jean, and Walter Dean Myers. After receiving a combined MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English literature, Elizabeth returned to her native Pittsburgh and writes for publications including The Paris Review, Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Dallas Morning News.
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