Ann Lauterbach

Poet and Literary Critic Class of 1993
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New York, New York
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51 at time of award
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About Ann's Work

Ann Lauterbach is a poet and a literary critic.

Lauterbach’s poetry, admired for its lyricism and idiosyncratic power, is published in several volumes, including: Many Times, But Then (1979), Before Recollection (1987), Clamor (1991), And For Example (1994), A Clown, Some Colors, a Doll, Her Stories, a Moonlit Cove (1996), On a Stair (1997), If in Time: Selected Poems 1975-2000 (2001), and Hum (2005).  She is also the author of The Night Sky: Writings on the Poetics of Experience(2005).  Her poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies and in such journals as The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and New American Writing.  Lauterbach’s perspective on poetics and literary theory has been enriched by her collaborative projects in the visual arts and by her tenure as Director of the Literature Program at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

Biography

Lauterbach is the Ruth and David E. Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.  She served previously as the Theodore Goodman Professor of Creative Writing at the City University of New York, City College, the Graduate Center (1989-1998).  She has also taught courses at Brooklyn College, Columbia University, the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and Princeton University.

Lauterbach received a B.A. (1964) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Last updated January 1, 2006

Published on July 1, 1993

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