Dorianne Laux

Dorianne Laux
Born (1952-01-10) January 10, 1952
Augusta, Maine
OccupationPoet, professor
EducationMills College (BA)
Notable worksThe Book of Men (2011), Facts about the Moon (2005), What We Carry (1994)
SpouseJoseph Millar
Children1
Website
doriannelaux.com

Dorianne Laux (born January 10, 1952, in Augusta, Maine) is an American poet.

Biography

Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988.[1][2]

Laux taught at the University of Oregon.[3][4] She is the director of North Carolina State University’s creative writing program,[5] and is a professor at the MFA in Writing program at Pacific University.[6] She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review.[7]

Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review,[8] The Kenyon Review,[9] Ms.,[10] Orion,[11] Ploughshares,[12] The Southern Review,[13] The Seattle Review,[14] Tin House,[15] TriQuarterly,[16] Zyzzyva,[17] and Gulf Coast.[18][19] It has also been published in The Best of The American Poetry Review, The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, and The Best American Poetry 1999,[20] 2006,[21] 2013,[22] and 2017.[23]

Laux lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, poet Joseph Millar.[24] She has one daughter.[25]

Awards

Works

  • Awake. Introduced by Philip Levine. BOA Editions. 1990. ISBN 978-0-918526-76-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) Re-issued by Eastern Washington University Press.
  • What We Carry. BOA Editions. 1994. ISBN 978-1-880238-07-3.
  • Smoke. BOA Editions. 2000. ISBN 978-1-880238-86-8.
  • Facts about the Moon. W. W. Norton & Company. 2005. ISBN 978-0-393-32962-9.
  • Superman: The Chapbook. Red Dragonfly Press. 2008.
  • Dark Charms. Red Dragonfly Press. 2010.
  • The Book of Men: Poems. W. W. Norton. 2011. ISBN 978-0-393-07955-5.
  • The Book of Women. Red Dragonfly Press. 2012 ISBN 9781937693046.
  • Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems. W. W. Norton. 2019. ISBN 978-0393652338
  • Life on Earth. W.W. Norton. 2024. ISBN 978-1-324-06582-1.

As co-author

As translator

  • Cardona, Hélène (2014). Ce que nous portons [What we carry]. Translated by Laux, Dorianne. Paris: Éditions du Cygne. ISBN 978-2-84924-377-0.[35]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dorianne Laux". Poets.org. The Academy of American Poets. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Owens, Terrance; Richman, Shira; Young, Tana (April 19, 2008). "A CONVERSATION WITH DORIANNE LAUX". Willow Springs Magazine. No. 64.
  3. ^ Natchez, Meryl (2019-06-14). "Interview // Elegies to What Was: A Conversation with Dorianne Laux". Poetry Northwest. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  4. ^ Martone, Paul (Winter 2006). "Facts about the Poet" (PDF). Literary Reference. University of Oregon. pp. 1, 4–5.
  5. ^ a b "Dorianne Laux". College of Humanities and Social Sciences. NC State University. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  6. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Pacific University. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  7. ^ "AQR Team". Alaska Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  8. ^ "Authors". American Poetry Review. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  9. ^ Laux, Dorainne (July 1997). "Firestarter". The Kenyon Review. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  10. ^ "Dorianne Louise Laux Papers, 1968-2019". North Carolina State University Libraries. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  11. ^ Laux, Dorianne (September 23, 2019). "Night". Orion Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  12. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Ploughshares. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  13. ^ "Issue: Winter - 1997". The Southern Review. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  14. ^ Aistars, Zinta (Winter 2010–11). "Talking to Dorianne Laux". The Smoking Poet. Retrieved 2026-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  15. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Tin House. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  16. ^ "128". TriQuarterly. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  17. ^ "Index of Published Works". ZYZZYVA. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  18. ^ "Home Movies". Gulf Coast Literary Journal. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  19. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Directory of Writers. Poets & Writers. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  20. ^ "The Best American Poetry 1999, Guest Edited by Robert Bly". www.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  21. ^ "The Best American Poetry 2006, Guest Edited by Billy Collins". www.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  22. ^ "The Best American Poetry 2013, Guest Edited by Denise Duhamel". www.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  23. ^ "The Best American Poetry 2017, Guest Edited by Natasha Trethewey". www.bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  24. ^ "The poetry box". WALTER Magazine. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  25. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Web Del Sol. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  26. ^ "Poetry". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  27. ^ Laux, Dorianne. "Timing". American Poetry Review. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  28. ^ "NC Book Award Winners". North Carolina Literary Review. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  29. ^ "Dorianne Laux". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  30. ^ "Dorianne Laux". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  31. ^ "Dorianne Laux". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  32. ^ Hoagland, Tony (2006-12-07). "2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Eleanor Lerman". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  33. ^ "What We Carry". Boa Editions. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  34. ^ "The 2024 National Book Awards Longlist". The New Yorker. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  35. ^ Cardona, Hélène (2019-02-23). "Dorianne Laux interview". Plume. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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