Willow, Morgan Grayce (aka Nancy Weber) – 48

Subjects:
family relationships; landscape; the body; mythic dream; revisioning mythology, e.g. “Revisiting the Wreck” dedicated to Adrienne Rich

Writing Description:
Spinnerets, 17 poems contained in 25-page poetry chapbook

Writing Type:
Other – chapbook

Gender:
Female

Birth Year:
1949

Death Year:

Occupation and Interests:
Morgan Grayce Willow has received awards in both poetry and prose from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the McKnight Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and others. In 2009, she published the poetry collections Between (Nodin Press) and Silk (Shu Kuang Press), as well as a letterpress chapbook, The Maps are Words (Red Dragonfly Press). Her memoir “Riding Shotgun for Stanley Home Products” appeared in Riding Shotgun: Women Write about Their Mothers (Borealis Books, 2008). A former sign language interpreter, Morgan’s essay “Double Language” about the inherent conflict between being a writer and being an interpreter, appeared in Third Coast in 2004. “Signs of the Time” received honorable mention in the Judith Kitchen Prize and appears in the 2011 Water~Stone Review. Morgan lives in Minneapolis. For more information see morgangraycewillow.com.

Age(s):
31-35

Author Location(s):
Minneapolis, MN

Writing Location(s):
Sonoma, California; Fort Collins, Colorado; Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dates:
1980-1986; published 1987

Handwritten:

Typed:

Digital:

Self-published:
Limited edition (100) micro-press chapbook

Number of Pages, etc.:
25

Contact Person:
Morgan Grayce Willow

Contact Person/Author Relationship:
Same

Address:

Phone:

Email:
mgwillow(at)comcast.net

Date Entered:
04/20012

Date Revised/Confirmed:
04/2012

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