Ann Lauterbach,

Poet, essayist, professor

Ann Lauterbach is a poet and critic. She has been, since 1990, co-chair of Writing in the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, where she is also Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature. She is a Visiting Core Critic (sculpture) at the Yale School of Art. Her most recent book, Or to Begin Again (Penguin 2009) was nominated for the National Book Award. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985 and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship in 1993.

Education:

• BA University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other publications:

Anthologies include:

• Gerhard Richter 858
• David Breskin, ed.
• American Women Poets of the 21^st century; A Convergence of Birds Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell. Jonathan Safran Foer, editor

Awards and honors:

• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship (Poetry)
• New York State Council for the Arts Grant
• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship