Sandy Longhorn

My blogs

Industry	Education
Occupation	Instructor of English
Location	Little Rock, AR
Introduction	I am the author of three books of poetry. My most recent book, The Alchemy of My Mortal Form, won the 2014 Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press. My other books include The Girlhood Book of Prairie Myths (Jacar Press) and Blood Almanac (Anhinga Press). I received my MFA from the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and my BA in English from the College of St. Benedict. I teach at the University of Central Arkansas in the Arkansas Writers MFA Program, where I direct the C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference. Email me at sandy dot 40 dot longhorn at gmail dot com
Interests	The Chicago Cubs, Poetry, World Peace
Favorite Music	Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Don Williams, Johnny Cash, Big Smith
Favorite Books	Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Master Letters by Lucie Brock-Broido, Country Music by Charles Wright, 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda, The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Cloister by Krstin Bok, Rose by Li-Young Lee, Mistaken for Song by Tara Bray, The Book of Light by Lucille Clifton, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions by Maurice Manning