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Dorianne Laux is the author of three collections of poetry and recipient of numerous awards. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Oregon.

Ms. Laux will read at the Met Theater in Spokane on Saturday evening, April 17.
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DORIANNE LAUX

Dorianne Laux was born in Augusta, Maine, in 1952. She worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, a maid, and a donut holer before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. Laux is the author of three collections of poetry: Smoke (BOA Editions, 2000), What We Carry (1994), and Awake (1990). With Kim Addonizio, she is the co-author of The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasure of Writing Poetry (1997). Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize, an Editor’s Choice III Award, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Laux is an Associate Professor at the University of Oregon’s Program in Creative Writing.


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