Sandra Alcosser

Sandra Alcosser

Sandra Alcosser (born 1944) is an American poet. She was appointed the first state poet laureate of Montana from 2005-2007 [ [http://art.mt.gov/resources/resources_alcosser.asp Montana Arts Council page on Alcosser] ] and was superseded by Greg Pape [ [http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/14/news/state/97-poet.txt Billings Gazette article on first poet laureate of Montana] ] . She has written two books of poems: "A Fish To Feed All Hunger" (Ahsahta Press, 1993) and "Except By Nature" (Graywolf Press, 1998), which won the James Laughlin Award. She started the MFA in writing program at San Diego State University [ [http://www.poets.org/salco/ Academy of American Poets Bio] ] and is on the faculty of the low-residency MFA in writing program at Pacific University. [ [http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/faculty/index.cfm Pacific University MFA faculty page] ]

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[*] [http://www.mfa.sdsu.edu/ MFA Program at SDSU founded by Alcosser]


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