Biography
Anne Shaw is the author of Undertow, winner of the 2007 Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared
and is forthcoming in numerous journals, including New American Writing, Verse, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast,
Black Warrior Review, and Green Mountains Review. She has also been featured on Poetry Daily and From the Fishouse.
A graduate of Yale and George Mason University, Shaw currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She
and her pit bull enjoy scaring small children and eating chicken bones from under picnic tables.
Anne Shaw is the author of Undertow, winner of the 2007 Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared
and is forthcoming in numerous journals, including New American Writing, Verse, Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast,
Black Warrior Review, and Green Mountains Review. She has also been featured on Poetry Daily and From the Fishouse.
A graduate of Yale and George Mason University, Shaw currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island. She
and her pit bull enjoy scaring small children and eating chicken bones from under picnic tables.
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Publications
Poetry in Magazines
Artifice. "Wind Advisory." (Forthcoming).
Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. "Ransom." (Forthcoming).
Barrow Street. "What She Sees When She Hushes." (Forthcoming).
Literary Imagination. "Voyeurism." (Forthcoming).
New Orleans Review. "City You Won't Come Back To." (Forthcoming).
TYPO. "Song." (Issue 14).
Konundrum Engline Literary Review. "Onanism," "Elegy IV."
Bellingham Review. "Three Elegies" and "Fourth Grade Foyer." (Spring 2010, Vol. XXXIII, Issue 62).
Aufgabe. "Bleat." (No. 9, 2010).
Black Warrior Review. "Invitation." (Issue 36.2, Spring/Summer 2010).
Green Mountains Review. "New Deal." (Vol XXII, No. 2, Winter 2009).
Drunken Boat. "Grief Street" and "Khao Lak Paradise Resort." (No. 11, 2010).
Tuesday: An Art Project. "Shatter and Thrust as A Series of Silver Gelatin Prints." (3:2, Fall 2009).
Verse. "Absence of Assignable," October 30, 2009.
Verse. "Unruly Clock," October 19, 2009.
Verse. "Another Art House Movie," October 9, 2009.
Beloit Poetry Journal. "Thoreau Dying." (Vol. 60, No.1, Fall 2009).
Subtropics. "Hobble." (Issue 8, Spring/Summer 2009).
Cimarron Review. "Cyclops Family Album." (Issue 167, Spring 2009).
The Journal. “Take.” (Autumn/Winter, 2008).
Literal Lattè. "The Supper Star." (November, 2008).
New Ohio Review. "Damn the Manacle." (Issue 4, Fall 2008).
The Laurel Review. “Catacomb.” (Winter 2008).
Court Green. “Hive.” (Issue 5, 2008).
Gulf Coast. “Hymn.” (Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2007).
Natural Bridge. “The Visions at Lascaux.” (Spring 2006).
New American Writing. “Aegean,” “Shibboleth.” (Spring/Summer 2005).
Fell Swoop. “Darkness.” (No. 69, Spring 2004).
gam. Excerpts from "Survival School." (No. 1, Fall 2003).
Hayden's Ferry Review. "In Medias Res." (Vol. 32, Spring/Summer 2003).
Twenty-Six. "Trans/parence." (Issue B, April 2003).
The Wallace Stevens Journal. "The Burden of What Flickered in the Light." (Spring 2002).
The Cresset. "Staying On." (Pentecost 2001); "Crossing to Chebeague." (Lent 2002).
Crania. "After Having Been Put to Bed" and "The Cipher." (Issue 11, Winter 2000).
Mobius. "The Evolution of Loss." (Vol. 15, Fall-Winter 2000).
Phoebe. "Enumeration" and "Lineage. " (Vol. 28, Spring 1999).
The Sandhill Review. "Demeter Sings the Blues," "Mariana's Revenge," "The X-Ray." (Vol. X, 1997).
Fractal. "The Visitation." (Vol. 7, Spring 1997).
Aurora. "O." (Spring 1993).
Poetry in Anthologies
“Haunch." Dogs Singing, Forthcoming.
"Dido to the Little Matchgirl." A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry, Forthcoming.
"Shibboleth.” Innovative Poetry in English 2005/2006: The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Gertrude Stein Awards. Ed. Douglas Messerli.
Green Integer Press, 2010.
“Precipice.” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2008. Eds. Jeannie Bergmann and Richard Roe. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, 2008.
“Hibiscus” and “Cold Spring.” I’m Home. Ed. Ann Wells. iUniverse Press, 2005.
“Formulary for a Winter Landscape.” Wisconsin Poets' Calendar, 2004. Eds. Alice D’Alessio and Jackie Langeteig. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets,
2004.
Weblog
Tsunami Relief in Thailand. Chronicle of volunteer work. Summer 2005. http://anneinthailand.blogspot.com
Poetry in Magazines
Artifice. "Wind Advisory." (Forthcoming).
Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. "Ransom." (Forthcoming).
Barrow Street. "What She Sees When She Hushes." (Forthcoming).
Literary Imagination. "Voyeurism." (Forthcoming).
New Orleans Review. "City You Won't Come Back To." (Forthcoming).
TYPO. "Song." (Issue 14).
Konundrum Engline Literary Review. "Onanism," "Elegy IV."
Bellingham Review. "Three Elegies" and "Fourth Grade Foyer." (Spring 2010, Vol. XXXIII, Issue 62).
Aufgabe. "Bleat." (No. 9, 2010).
Black Warrior Review. "Invitation." (Issue 36.2, Spring/Summer 2010).
Green Mountains Review. "New Deal." (Vol XXII, No. 2, Winter 2009).
Drunken Boat. "Grief Street" and "Khao Lak Paradise Resort." (No. 11, 2010).
Tuesday: An Art Project. "Shatter and Thrust as A Series of Silver Gelatin Prints." (3:2, Fall 2009).
Verse. "Absence of Assignable," October 30, 2009.
Verse. "Unruly Clock," October 19, 2009.
Verse. "Another Art House Movie," October 9, 2009.
Beloit Poetry Journal. "Thoreau Dying." (Vol. 60, No.1, Fall 2009).
Subtropics. "Hobble." (Issue 8, Spring/Summer 2009).
Cimarron Review. "Cyclops Family Album." (Issue 167, Spring 2009).
The Journal. “Take.” (Autumn/Winter, 2008).
Literal Lattè. "The Supper Star." (November, 2008).
New Ohio Review. "Damn the Manacle." (Issue 4, Fall 2008).
The Laurel Review. “Catacomb.” (Winter 2008).
Court Green. “Hive.” (Issue 5, 2008).
Gulf Coast. “Hymn.” (Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2007).
Natural Bridge. “The Visions at Lascaux.” (Spring 2006).
New American Writing. “Aegean,” “Shibboleth.” (Spring/Summer 2005).
Fell Swoop. “Darkness.” (No. 69, Spring 2004).
gam. Excerpts from "Survival School." (No. 1, Fall 2003).
Hayden's Ferry Review. "In Medias Res." (Vol. 32, Spring/Summer 2003).
Twenty-Six. "Trans/parence." (Issue B, April 2003).
The Wallace Stevens Journal. "The Burden of What Flickered in the Light." (Spring 2002).
The Cresset. "Staying On." (Pentecost 2001); "Crossing to Chebeague." (Lent 2002).
Crania. "After Having Been Put to Bed" and "The Cipher." (Issue 11, Winter 2000).
Mobius. "The Evolution of Loss." (Vol. 15, Fall-Winter 2000).
Phoebe. "Enumeration" and "Lineage. " (Vol. 28, Spring 1999).
The Sandhill Review. "Demeter Sings the Blues," "Mariana's Revenge," "The X-Ray." (Vol. X, 1997).
Fractal. "The Visitation." (Vol. 7, Spring 1997).
Aurora. "O." (Spring 1993).
Poetry in Anthologies
“Haunch." Dogs Singing, Forthcoming.
"Dido to the Little Matchgirl." A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry, Forthcoming.
"Shibboleth.” Innovative Poetry in English 2005/2006: The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Gertrude Stein Awards. Ed. Douglas Messerli.
Green Integer Press, 2010.
“Precipice.” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2008. Eds. Jeannie Bergmann and Richard Roe. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, 2008.
“Hibiscus” and “Cold Spring.” I’m Home. Ed. Ann Wells. iUniverse Press, 2005.
“Formulary for a Winter Landscape.” Wisconsin Poets' Calendar, 2004. Eds. Alice D’Alessio and Jackie Langeteig. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets,
2004.
Weblog
Tsunami Relief in Thailand. Chronicle of volunteer work. Summer 2005. http://anneinthailand.blogspot.com
Readings
Small Animal Project, Cambridge MA, May 8, 2010.
Symposium Books, Providence RI, May 7, 2010.
Featured Reader, Toadstool Books, Peterborough NH, April 17, 2010.
Counterpath Books / Drunken Boat / Guernica / Persea Books / Pool Performance, AWP, Denver CO, April 7, 2010.
DoubleCross Press / Lame House Press / Slash Pine Press Poetry Marathon, AWP, Denver CO, April 7, 2010.
Featured Reader, Publicly Complex Reading Series, Providence RI, Feb 6, 2010.
BONK! Reading and Performance Series, Racine WI, June 27, 2009.
Resident Reading Series, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, May 26, 2009.
Babylon Salon Reading Series, San Francisco CA, December 6, 2008.
Featured Reader, University of Wisconsin Poetry Series, Madison WI, November 20, 2008.
Featured Reader, Wisconsin Festival of the Book, A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, Madison WI, October 19, 2008.
Celebration of the Liberal Arts, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH. Sept 25, 2008.
Book Release Reading, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee WI, May 7, 2008.
Featured Reader, Prairie Chicken Festival and Literary Bash, April 2008.
Featured Reader, Avol’s Book Shop, April 2008.
Featured Reader, Carthage College, March 2008. Visiting Writers Series.
McNally Robison Books Poetry Reading, NYC, 2008, January 2008. Indie Press Series Reading, Persea Books.
Blue Parlor Reading Series, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, August 2006.
Faculty Reading with Andrew Feld, Carthage College, October 2004.
Featured Reader, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee WI, April 2004.
Woodland Pattern Annual Poetry Marathon, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI, January 2001, '02, '03, '04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ‘08.
Featured Reader, Canterbury Books Poetry Reading, Madison WI, April 2002.
Urban Voice Reading Series, Woodland Pattern Book Center, April 2002.
"Spiritual Bodies." Poetry/Video Performance Art for Poetry Theater. George Mason University, April 1998.
Borders Books Poetry Reading. Fairfax, VA, April 1997.
Lannan Fellows Poetry Reading. Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, February 1997.
Featured Reader, Candid Yak Reading Series. George Mason University, October 1997.
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