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Simone Muench was raised in Benson, Louisiana and Combs, Arkansas. She is the author of five full-length collections including Lampblack & Ash (Sarabande, 2005), Orange Crush (Sarabande, 2010), and Wolf Centos (Sarabande, August, 2014). Her most recent chapbook Trace received the Black River Award (Black Lawrence Press, 2014). Some of her honors include an NEA fellowship, Illinois Arts Council fellowships, Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry, Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry, PSA’s Bright Lights/Big Verse Contest, and residency fellowships to Yaddo, Artsmith, and VSC. She received her Ph.D from UIC, and is Professor of English at Lewis University where she serves as chief faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review. Collaborative sonnets, written wit ...more

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	Lampblack & Ash: Poems 4.37 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolf Centos 4.21 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orange Crush: Poems 4.46 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Air Lost in Breathing: Poems 4.56 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing by Simone Muench (Goodreads Author), Dean Rader (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sally Ashton (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orange Girl 4.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hex & Howl by Simone Muench (Goodreads Author), Jackie K White 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notebook. Knife. Mentholatum. 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trace 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disappearing Address by Simone Muench (Goodreads Author), Philip Jenks (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We are ghosts in Victorian gowns,
lilac apparitions with parasols…”
― Simone Muench

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“I am electric.”
― Simone Muench

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“after Neruda

a bronze song, something undone, salvia,
a crushed butterfly.
It is the blood on a light bulb, the seventh sadness,
a fluctuation that closes oceans and eyes.
The vermilion and solitary luminary
shimmies and singes the feathers of the aviary.

Moon, the clock’s word, dear mother, ruin, rain.

— Simone Muench, “Elegy for the Unsaid,” Lampblack & Ash: Poems. (Sarabande Books; First Edition edition November 1, 2005)”
― Simone Muench, Lampblack & Ash: Poems

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message 4: by Jeannie

Nov 12, 2008 12:35PM

Hey Simone (love your name btw)thanks for the add! I hope you have a bountiful Thanksgiving.
Blessings,
Jeannie

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message 3: by Daniel

Jan 26, 2008 06:12PM

Simone, I've added your books Lampblack and Ash, The Air Lost in Breathing, Orange Girl, Sonoluminescence and Notebook. Knife, Mentholatum to my to-read list.

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message 2: by Andrew (last edited Aug 25, 2016 12:32PM)

Sep 15, 2007 11:49AM

simone,

so glad that you dug 'funtime' :)

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message 1: by Talia (last edited Aug 25, 2016 11:54AM)

Aug 08, 2007 09:46AM

Hello. I see you have 2 of my favorite books on your "to read" shelf," Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident" and McCarthy's "The Road." Both are excellent books.

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