Mary Hickman, M.F.A.
122 Old Main
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Mary Hickman is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of two books of poetry, This Is the Homeland (Ahsahta Press, 2015) and Rayfish (Omnidawn Publications, 2017), which won the 2016 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and two chapbooks, Ecce Animot (Projective Industries, 2012) and How to Be Healthy and Heal (Cosa Nostra Editions, 2011). Her work has been featured as a Boston Review Poet's Sampler and in the PEN America Poetry Series. Her poems and essays have also appeared in numerous journals, including Colorado Review, Fourteen Hills, jubilat, and Sonora Review. She recently read in Turkey and Armenia with the US Department of State's American Writers on Tour program.
MFA, The Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Graduate Certificate in Book Arts, The University of Iowa Center for the Book
Intro to Poetry Writing
Advanced Poetry Writing
First Year Writing and the Creative Arts
World Literature: Democracy
Masterpieces of Literature: Coming of Age
Topics in Writing: Prose Forms