Lia Purpura

Lia Purpura is an American poet and essayist. She is the author of four collections of poems, four collections of essays, and one collection of translations. Her awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The NEA, The Fulbright Foundation, and others. On Looking was a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her poems and essays appear in: Agni, The New Yorker, Poetry, Orion, The Paris Review, The New Republic, The Georgia Review. Emergence, and elsewhere.

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