Simone White (writer)
Simone White (born 1972) is an American poet, literary critic, and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, she won a Whiting Award for poetry. Much of her writing style is a hybrid between poetry and prose. Biography. White was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and grew up in Philadelphia. She has a BA from Wesleyan University and earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1997. She practiced law for seven years after graduation. Since then, she has also earned an MFA from The New School and a PhD in English from the City University  of New York. She was a visiting associate professor at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in Spring 2018. As of 2020, she is an assistant professor in the English department at the University of Pennsylvania. Honors and awards. White was award a Whiting Award for Poetry in 2017. She was selected as a "New American Poet" by the Poetry Society of America in 2013.