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Stella Ann Nesanovich is the author of four chapbooks of poems: A Brightness That Made My Soul Tremble: Poems on the Life of Hildegard of Bingen, My Mother’s Breath,  Dance, Oh, Heart, Double Round: Poems on Mechthild of Magdeburg, and My Father’s Voice, as well as a full-length collection, Vespers at Mount Angel: Poems.  She is Professor Emeritus of English from McNeese State University. 

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Also By This Poet

• Flood (Swan Scythe Press, 2013)

• Notes to a Husband (Imaginary Friend Press, 2013)

• Lancelot (Lazy Mouse Press, 2013)

• Night Fishing (Yellow Flag Press, 2011)

• 28 Blackbirds at the End of the World (Bandersnatch Books, 2010)

• Aubade (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)

• Counting Dust Devils: Early Season (Yellow Flag Press, 2009)

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• Winner, 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Award

• Semi-Finalist, 2013 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest

• Best of the Net Nomination, “The Hard Lines of Our Bodies” (Trigger - #2, 2012)

• Best of the Net Nomination, “Rayville, LA, 1927” (Trigger - #1, 2011)

• Finalist, Standing Rock Chapbook Contest, 2012

• Rhysling Award Nomination, "28 Blackbirds at the End of the World," 2008

• James Award Nomination, "Rhyme In Haiku," 2006

2010 - present

2010 - present