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u003cimg class=u0022aligncenter wp-image-191 size-mediumu0022 src=u0022https://camilledungy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/biopic01-1-268×300.jpgu0022 width=u0022268u0022 height=u0022300u0022 /u003ernrnCamille T. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry: u003ciu003eTrophic Cascade u003c/iu003e(Wesleyan UP, 2017), u003ciu003eSmith Blueu003c/iu003e (Southern Illinois UP, 2011), u003ciu003eSuck on the Marrowu003c/iu003e (Red Hen Press, 2010), and u003ciu003eWhat to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poisonu003c/iu003e (Red Hen Press, 2006). Her debut collection of personal essays is u003ciu003eGuidebook to Relative Strangersu003c/iu003e (W. W. Norton, 2017). Dungy edited u003ciu003eBlack Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetryu003c/iu003e (UGA, 2009)u003ciu003e,u003c/iu003e co-edited the u003ciu003eFrom the Fishouseu003c/iu003e poetry anthology (Persea, 2009), and served as associate editor for u003ciu003eGathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decadeu003c/iu003e(University of Michigan Press, 2006).rn[nbsp]rnCamille T. Dungy’s honors include u003cspan class=u0022m_-4110324832647144725gmail-m-7254001982158220084gmail-il gmail_msgu0022u003eanu003c/spanu003e American Book Award, two Northern California Book Awards, two NAACP Image Award nominations, and a California Book Award silver medal. She is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Sustainable Arts Foundation, The Diane Middlebrook Residency Fellowship of the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, and other organizations. Her poems and essays have been published in u003cemu003eBest American Poetryu003c/emu003e, u003cemu003eThe 100 Best African American Poemsu003c/emu003e, nearly thirty other anthologies, and over one hundred print and online journals. Dungy is currently a Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University.
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