Nadia Colburn
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Nadia Colburn | |
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| Born | Nadia Herman Colburn December 5, 1972 |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, coach, teacher |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | The High Shelf (2019)[1] |
| Notable awards | Pen/New England Discovery Award[2] Jacob K. Javits Fellowship[3] |
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Nadia Colburn (born December 5, 1972) is an American poet, teacher, literary critic, and writing coach based in Cambridge, MA. She has published poetry and prose in a wide range of national publications and her poetry book The High Shelf was published in 2019.[4][5] She was a founding editor of Anchor Magazine.[6] Nadia Colburn is a recipient of Pen/New England Discovery Award[2] and Jacob K. Javits Fellowship.[3]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Colburn grew up in New York City.[7] She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University with a B.A. in English. She went on to get a Ph.D. in English Literature at Columbia University and has worked as a professor at Lesley, MIT, and at Stonehill College.
Colburn co-founded Anchor Magazine: The Intersection of Spirituality and Social Justice in 2013.[8] She is the founder of the writing school Align Your Story. Her classes combine writing, mindfulness, and embodied practices.[9] Colburn often writes about the environment, social justice, women's issues, and mindfulness.[9] She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and two children.
Writing
[edit | edit source]Colburn's poetry and prose have been published in Harvard Review,[10] Midway Journal,[11] The American Poetry Review,[12][13] The New Yorker,[14] The Southwest Review,[15] Oxford's Literary Imagination, The Kenyon Review,[16] Spirituality and Health,[17] Lion's Roar,[18] and Slate. Her essay "Listening to My Body" was included in The Anatomy of Silence: Twenty-Six Stories About All the Sh** That Gets in the Way of Speaking About Sexual Violence.[19] She was a contributing author in The Cambridge Companion to W.H. Auden.[20] Colburn's debut poetry book on pregnancy, nature, trauma, and love, The High Shelf, was published in 2019.[21] She has written reviews on books and arts for Los Angeles Review of Books,[citation needed] Harvard Review,[10] and Boston Review.[22]
Recognition
[edit | edit source]- Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship[3]
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship[3]
- Bunner Prize for Best American Essay at Columbia University[citation needed]
- Pen/New England Discovery Award[2][23]
References
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