Julia Kasdorf

Julia Kasdorf ( born December 6, 1962 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania) is an American writer.

Life

Julia Kasdorf comes from a Mennonite family. She studied at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, and later at the New York University in New York City. She currently teaches creative writing at Pennsylvania State University in Pennsylvania.

Awards

  • 2004 Pushcart Price
  • 2001 Book of the Year Award
  • 1993 The Great Lakes Colleges Award for New Writing
  • 1991 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Price

Works (selection)

  • Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn, (2007) ISBN 0-814-74802-3
  • Fixing Tradition: Joseph W. Yoder, Amish American, Cascadia Publishing House (2003) ISBN 1-931-03806-6
  • The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life, Johns Hopkins University Press ( 2001) ISBN 0-801-86662-6
  • Eve's Striptease ( Pitt Poetry ), University of Pittsburgh Press (1998) ISBN 0-822-95668-3
  • Sleeping Preacher ( Pitt Poetry ), University of Pittsburgh Press (1992 ) ISBN 0 - 822-95480 -X
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