C.D. Wright

C.D. Wright grew up in Arkansas. She was the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry and prose and a recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship. One With Others: [a little book of her days] won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her book Rising, Falling, Hovering won the 2009 International Griffin Poetry Prize. Wright was married to writer/translator Forrest Gander and taught at Brown University. She unexpectedly passed away in her sleep on January 12, 2016.

From C.D. Wright’s Final Book Casting Deep Shade

"The tree, real enough, was probably not big enough at the time . . ."

February 12, 2019 By C.D. Wright

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C.D. Wright

From C.D. Wright’s Final Book Casting Deep Shade

"The tree, real enough, was probably not big enough at the time . . ."

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