Carolyn D. Wright

Carolyn D. "C. D." Wright (January 6, 1949 – January 12, 2016) was an American poet. Se was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. In 1977 the publishing company founded by Frank Stanford, Lost Roads, published Wright's first collection, Room Rented by A Single Woman. In 1983 she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to teach writing at Brown University as the Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English. In 2013, Wright was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. 

Wright died on January 12, 2016 from cancer in Barrington, Rhode Island at the age of 67.

 Related pages 
List of poets from North America

References

Other websites
Griffin Poetry Prize biography
Griffin Poetry Prize readings, including video clips
Profile at The Whiting Foundation
.mp3 recording of Wright reading from "One Big Self" during the Key West Literary Seminar, 2003
C. D. Wright--The Academy of American Poets 

Category:1949 births
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Category:American poets
Category:Writers from Arkansas
Category:Writers from Providence, Rhode Island
Category:Brown University faculty