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Terri Kirby Erickson

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Winston-Salem, The United States

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Poetry

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Terri Kirby Erickson is the author of six collections of poetry, including A Sun Inside My Chest (Press 53, 2020). Her work has appeared in Ted Kooser's "American Life in Poetry," Asheville Poetry Review, Atlanta Review, JAMA, Latin American Literary Review, Poetry Foundation, Poet's Market, San Pedro River Review, storySouth, The Christian Century, The Sun, The Writer's Almanac, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Verse Daily, and countless others. Her awards include the Joy Harjo Poetry Prize, Atlanta Review International Publication Prize, Nazim Hikmet Award, Nautilus Silver Book Award, and many others. She was selected by The Black Mountain Press and The Halcyon for The Sixty-Four best poets of 2019, from a pool of "thousands." Terri Kirby Ericks ...more

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The very nice Robert Lee Brewer from Writer's Digest interviewed me the other day and here it is on his great blog, "Poetic Asides": http://blog.writersdigest.com/poetica...

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Published on June 24, 2011 16:48 • Tags: in-the-palms-of-angels, poetic-asides, robert-lee-brewer, terri-kirby-erickson

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	In the Palms of Angels 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telling Tales of Dusk 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming the Blue Heron 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Third Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival by Nâzım Hikmet, Semih Poroy (Illustrator), Pelin Bali (Cover Design) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lake of Light and Clouds 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sun Inside My Chest it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thread Count 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Talks: New & Selected Poems 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rattle #86, Winter 2024 by The Rattle Foundation, Timothy Green (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah E. Azizi (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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