Erica Dawson

Erica Dawson is the author of two previous collections of poetry: The Small Blades Hurt (Measure Press, 2014), winner of the 2016 Poets’ Prize, and Big-Eyed Afraid (Waywiser Press, 2007), winner of the 2006 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Bennington Review; three editions of Best American Poetry; Crazyhorse; the Pushcart Prize XLII: Best of the Small Presses; Virginia Quarterly Review; and numerous other journals and anthologies. She is an associate professor at University of Tampa, where she also directs the low-residency MFA program.