Frannie Lindsay

Frannie Lindsay (born 1949) is an American poet and classical pianist.

Life
Lindsay She grew up in a musical family—her mother was a concert violinist. She earned a B.A. from Russell Sage College and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

She is author of three poetry collections, most recently, Mayweed (Word Works, 2010). Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, The Yale Review, Black Warrior Review, The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, Southern Humanities Review, Field, Prairie Schooner, Poetry East, Beloit Poetry Journal, Harvard Review, and Hunger Mountain. Her poems have also been featured on Poetry Daily, and Verse Daily. —and she is a classical pianist and lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with her two dogs.

Recognition
Her honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and residencies at the MacDowell and Millay Colonies and Yaddo.

Awards

 * 2009 Washington Prize
 * 2006 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
 * 2006 Perugia Press Prize
 * 2004 May Swenson Poetry Award

Poetry

 * Where She Always Was. Utah State University Press, 2004.
 * Lamb. Perugia Press, 2006.
 * Mayweed. Word Works, 2010.