C. D. Wright (1949–2016) published numerous poetry collections, including Rising, Falling, Hovering, which won the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize; One with Others, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; and ShallCross (Copper Canyon Press, 2016). Her collaboration with photographer Deborah Luster led to One Big Self: An Investigation, an intimate account of Louisiana inmates. Wright taught English at Brown University.
Photograph credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- From “The Obscure Lives of Poets”, poetry, in Spring 2016
- From One with Days, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2011–2012
- On Privacy, an ipoem, in Winter 2013
- Girl Friend, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009
- From Rising, Falling, Hovering, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2009-2010
- Like Hearing Your Name Called in a Language You Don’t Understand, poetry, in Winter 2011