Kelli Russell Agodon

Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969 Seattle) is an American poet.

Life
Agodon was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington, and from Pacific Lutheran University with an M.F.A. She lives in the Kingston, Washington.

She is the co-editor of the Crab Creek Review. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Prairie Schooner, North American Review, Image, 5 a.m, Meridian, Calyx.

She is married and lives in the Northwest. She is co-editor of Crab Creek Review.

Recognition

 * 2010 Book of the Year in Poetry from Foreword Magazine
 * White Pine Press Poetry Book Prize 2009 (judged by Carl Dennis)
 * 2003 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award
 * Washington State Artist Trust GAP grants
 * 2005 James Hearst Poetry Prize 3rd place
 * Dorothy Rosenberg Poetry Prize
 * William Stafford Award
 * Carlin Aden Award for formal verse
 * Soapstone Writer's Residency
 * Puffin Foundation grant

Publications

 * "Sailing Lepidoptera," "The Half-Moon Couple, Adirondack Review
 * "Dord"; "Unintentionally Typing the Word Life Instead of Lips"; "?", Womb Poetry
 * "Sometimes I still dream about their pink bodies", Poetry Southeast
 * "How Killer Blue Irises Spread", The Atlantic


 * Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, White Pine Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935210-15-3
 * Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, White Pine Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935210-15-3
 * Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, White Pine Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935210-15-3
 * Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room, White Pine Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935210-15-3