CarolAnn Russell, MFA , Poet

CarolAnn Schlemper, PhD, Professor

Biography

CarolAnn lives in northern Minnesota with her husband, Michael Schlemper, their two sons Josef and Zoey, and two cats.

Russell is Professor of Creative Writing and Women's Studies in the Dept. of English at Bemidji State University.

Education

• University of Montana, M.F.A.
• University of Nebraska, Ph.D.

Research, Presentations, and Publications

• Italia: Passeggiata (Quiet Crow Press, Minnesota 2000)
• Without Reservation (1996); The Tao of Woman (1990), and two limited editions.

Grants and Honors

• The Academy of American Poets
• Ragdale Foundation
• The Poetry Society of America
• The American Academy in Rome, Italy
• The Minnesota State Arts Board
• The Pacific Northwest Writers Conference.
• She was a Jerome Foundation Visiting Poet at the Australia Centre, University of Melbourne
• Elected to P.E.N.New York City in 1993.