Mary Koncel
Mary Koncel is an American poet who has published three books of poetry. She is known for writing prose poetry.
Mary Koncel
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Education
- Columbia College Chicago · University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Biography
Koncel was born and raised in Chicago and holds a BFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago and MFA in English from MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Worthington, Massachusetts. Koncel teaches writing at Smith College, and is a writing consultant to Boston's Department of Public Health in the AIDS Bureau. Koncel is known for prose poetry that is a combination of humor and visual images. Koncel is also involved with the American Wild Horse Campaign, a group that finds homes for horses and burros on public lands in the United States.
Anthologies
• The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry • No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets (edited by Ray Gonzalez) • The Best of the Prose Poem: An International Journal • Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry • Ladies, Start Your Engines: Women Writing on Cars and on the Road
Books
• Closer to the Day (1999) - Quale Press • You Can Tell The Horse Anything • The Last Blonde - Hedgerow Books (2017)
Journal publications
• The Massachusetts Review • The Journal • The Illinois Review • key satch(el) • Denver Quarterly • The Prose Poem: An International Journal
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Grants and awards
• 1996 - Poetry Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council • Finalist, the Norma Farber First Book Award
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- 1.Worth Noting. Berkshire Eagle. December 11, 2004.
- 2.Parnass, Larry. Poet Mary Koncel whispers about horses. Daily Hampshire Gazette. 17. 2004-08-25.
- 3.Mira, Allegra. Mary Koncel and Kate Greenstreet. masslive. 2009-12-02.
- 4.Watson, Bruce. Massachusetts Cultural Council awards grants to 3 area poets. Daily Hampshire Gazette. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103080245/massachusetts-cultural-council-awards/],[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103080294/. 1996-06-25.
- 5.Pfarrer, Steve. Art Maker: Mary Koncel, poet. Daily Hampshire Gazette. February 2, 2018.
- 6.Dunau, Bera. Rescued burros find home in hilltown. The Recorder. C1. 2021-11-06.
- 7.Parnass, Larry. Poet Mary Koncel whispers about horses. Daily Hampshire Gazette. 17. 2004-08-25.
- 8.Newman, Lesléa. Book Bag: 'The Last Blonde' and 'Lovely'. Daily Hampshire Gazette. c2. January 5, 2018.
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