Katie Marya
Lecturer and Associate Director, Writing Program University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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ANDR 202
Lincoln NE 68588-0333 - Phone
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402-472-3191 On-campus 2-3191
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kmarya2@unl.edu
- Website
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kmarya.com
Katie Marya is a writer and literary translator. Her work has appeared in North American Review, Guernica, Waxwing, Salamander, Fence, among other literary magazines, and has been featured on The Slowdown Podcast hosted by Ada Limón. Marya was awarded the James Dickey Poetry Prize at Five Points in 2017 and has received fellowship support from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and the Nebraska Arts Council. Sugar Work, her first full-length collection, was the Editor's Choice for the 2020 Alice James Book Award.
Awards and Honors
Institute for Ethnic Studies Dr. Raphael “Ralph” Grajeda Fellowship, 2023
Maude Hammond Fling Fellowship, 2022-2023
Robert L. Hough Graduate Teaching Award, 2021
Artist Fellow, Nebraska Arts Council, Lincoln PoPs: Global Frequencies, 2020
Winner, James Dickey Poetry Prize, Five Points, 2017
Writing Fellow, Kimmel Harding-Nelson Center, 2017
Areas of Interest
Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Translation (Spanish-English)
Latin American Literatures
Women's Literatures
Education
- M.F.A., Bennington College
Poetry - B.A., Westmont College
Spanish Language & Literature - Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
English, Poetry, Specialization: Ethnic Studies