Laura Sims

Laura Sims
Laura Sims
Born Richmond, Virginia
Occupation Poet
Education M.F.A., University of Washington
Notable works Practice, Restraint and My god is this a man

Laura Sims is an American poet and novelist. She is the author of four books of poetry: Staying Alive (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2016), My god is this a man, Stranger, and Practice, Restraint (Fence Books).[1][2] In 2014, powerHouse Books published Fare Forward: Letters from David Markson, compiled and edited by Sims.[3] She has published five poetry chapbooks, including POST- (Goodmorning Menagerie, 2011).[4] Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Aufgabe,[5] Black Clock,[6] Black Warrior Review, Colorado Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Crayon, and Denver Quarterly,[7] among others. She has published book reviews and essays in Boston Review, New England Review,[8] Rain Taxi, and The Review of Contemporary Fiction.[9] Her honors include the 2005 Fence Books Alberta Prize for Practice, Restraint and a Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship from the Japan-US Friendship Commission in 2006.[10][11]

Sims is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington.[12] She is a professor of creative writing, literature and composition who currently teaches at New York University in the School for Continuing and Professional Studies.[13] She has been a featured writer for Harriet, the Poetry Foundation's blog, and she is a co-editor of Instance Press with poets Elizabeth Robinson, Beth Anderson, and Susanne Dyckman. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

In 2017, Sims' debut novel Looker sparked a bidding war, which ultimately resulted in a major deal with Scribner. The book follows the spiraling descent of a woman obsessed—with the end of her marriage, with her inability to have a child, with her infuriatingly bourgeois Brooklyn neighborhood, and with her movie star neighbor. It is slated for release in 2019.

Published works

Poetry Books

  • Staying Alive (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2016)
  • My god is this a man (Fence Books, 2014)
  • Stranger (Fence Books, 2009)
  • Practice, Restraint (Fence Books, 2005)

Nonfiction Books

Chapbooks

  • POST- (Goodmorning Menagerie Press, 2012)
  • Bank Book (Answer Tag Press, 2004)

Recent Poems

Interviews

Reviews

References

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  2. ↑ "Laura Sims". Poetry Foundation. 2 October 2018.
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  4. ↑ "Chapbooks". Goodmorning Menagerie:
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  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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  8. ↑ "David Markson and the Problem of the Novel". New England Review.
  9. ↑ "Vol. XXIII, #3 Diane Williams / Aidan Higgins / Patricia Eakins - Dalkey Archive Press". www.dalkeyarchive.com.
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  11. ↑ "2006 Artists".
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