Karyna McGlynn


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Karyna McGlynn

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url http://www.goodreads.com/profile/karyna_mcglynn
born November 04, 1977
gender female
place of birth Austin, TX
website http://www.karynamcglynn.com
genre Poetry, Literature & Fiction
influences Frank Stanford, Kathy Acker, Robert Lowell, Jennifer Knox, Sarah Manguso, Roald Dahl, Alice Notley, Tony Hoagland, Alice Fulton, D.A. Powell, Tessa Rumsey, Anne Carson, Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds

about this author

Karyna McGlynn grew up in Austin, TX. She studied at Seattle University and received her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the Zell Postgraduate Fellowship in Poetry and a Hopwood Award. Her first book, I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl, won the 2008 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and is forthcoming from Sarabande Books. Karyna’s recent chapbooks include Scorpionica (New Michigan Press, 2007) and Alabama Steve (Destructible Heart Press, 2008). Her poems have appeared in Fence, Gulf Coast, Willow Springs, Indiana Review, Denver Quarterly, Verse Daily, Octopus, CutBank, and Ninth Letter. She currently lives with multimedia artist Adam Theriault in Ann Arbor, where she sl...more

books by Karyna McGlynn

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avg rating: 4.56 | 9 ratings | 2 distinct works
Alabama Steve Alabama Steve (saddle-stitched)
by Karyna McGlynn (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Scorpionica Scorpionica (chapbook)
by Karyna McGlynn (goodreads author!)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2007
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Karyna's writing

Scorpionica (Poetry)
0 chapters   —   updated 05/21/2008 08:54PM
description: My 2007 chapbook from New Michigan Press



Karyna is currently reading

Winesburg, Ohio 08/23 Karyna is currently reading:
Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics)
by Sherwood Anderson
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August 23
The Secret History Karyna Mcglynn gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Secret History (Paperback)
by Donna Tartt
bookshelves: fiction
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recommended to Karyna Mcglynn by: cmb
read in August, 2008

Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "I don't know why everybody seems to have a problem with this book. As my friend Chris says, "classics majors who kill people! what's not to like? it's like a cross between metropolitan, dead poet's society, and less than zero."

Gay prep...more
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August 14
Under the Volcano: A... Karyna Mcglynn gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Under the Volcano: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
by Malcolm Lowry
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read in August, 2008

Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "Gah! I can't fucking do it. I just can't. I stuck it out to about page 90 hoping the book would eventually make it worth my while with some sort of Black-Orpheus-meets-drunken-Fitzgerald carnivalesque squalor...and maybe it still would have, but I j...more "
August 12
Ararat Karyna Mcglynn marked as to-read:
Ararat (Mass Market Paperback)
by D.M. Thomas
bookshelves: fiction, to-read
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Nine Stories Karyna Mcglynn gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Nine Stories (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger
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read in July, 2008

Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "Can any of you believe I made to 30 before reading this book? Why do I always seem to be reading a book it's impossible to believe I haven't read yet? The tricks get old and I got tired of always feeling shortchanged at the "end" of the sto...more "
July 08
Scorpionica Karyna Mcglynn gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Scorpionica (chapbook)
by Karyna McGlynn (Goodreads author!)
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July 07
In Persuasion Nation Karyna Mcglynn gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
In Persuasion Nation (Paperback)
by George Saunders
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Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "Clever, at time quite funny, well-written (no surprise), but the tricks wore thin quickly and I grew tired of the voice and the political allegories. Even though I "enjoyed" each story, I felt like I could abandon the book at any point and ...more "
The White Hotel Karyna Mcglynn marked as to-read:
The White Hotel (Paperback)
by D.M. Thomas
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Alabama Steve Karyna Mcglynn gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Alabama Steve (saddle-stitched)
by Karyna McGlynn (Goodreads author!)
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has a copy to sell/swap

Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "So, sure, I wrote this, but I sill totally dig it; it tickles me immensely and makes me all squirmy with enjoyment when I read it out loud. Besides, I wouldn't give any of my other chapbooks 5 stars.

It's not really "poetry" per se. Or, ...more
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BONE-BODICED Karyna Mcglynn gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
BONE-BODICED (ribbon bound chapbook)
by Juliet Cook (Goodreads author!)
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read in July, 2008

Karyna Mcglynn Karyna said: "I wish I'd written a chapbook bound with black satin ribbon.

I wish I'd written the line "shellacked with ersatz esteem."


Indulgent girl-y chocolate cake poetry. Makes being alive more delightfully viscous!
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233 ¡ POETRY ! — 1067 members — last activity 1 hour, 6 min ago
No pretensions: just poetry.

Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to re...more

2340 Siren — 34 members — last activity 02/06/2008 09:19AM
For poets, writers, artists, and readers of "Siren: A Journal of Literature and Art." Find books by Siren's authors and artists.

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