Lee Ann Roripaugh

Lee Ann Roripaugh (born Laramie, Wyoming) is an American poet.

Life
She was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, the daughter of poet Robert Roripaugh. She graduated from Indiana University with an M.M. in music history, a B.M. in piano performance, and an M.F.A. in creative writing.

Her poetry has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Cream City Review, Crab Orchard Review, New England Review, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, Phoebe, and Seneca Review.

She teaches at the University of South Dakota.

Recognition

 * Academy of American Poets Prize
 * AWP Intro Award
 * 1995 Randall Jarrell International Poetry Prize
 * 1998 National Poetry Series, for Beyond Heart Mountain selected by Ishmael Reed
 * 2000 Asian American Literature Awards finalist
 * 2003 Bush Artist Fellowship
 * 2004 Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Poetry/Prose
 * 2003 Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry 2nd Place