Donna J. Gelagotis Lee

Poet

Princeton Junction, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

Donna J. Gelagotis Lee is the author of two award-winning collections, Intersection on Neptune (The Poetry Press of Press Americana, 2019), winner of the Prize Americana for Poetry 2018, and On the Altar of Greece (Gival Press, 2006), winner of the 2005 Gival Press Poetry Award. On the Altar of Greece received a 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award: Notable for Art Category and was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and other awards. Donna’s poetry has appeared in numerous literary and scholarly journals. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, poet and songwriter Dennis H. Lee.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Decomposition: An Anthology of Fungi-Inspired Poems (Lost Horse Press, 2010)
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Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (Gival Press, 2009)
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Cadence of Hooves: A Celebration of Horses (Yarroway Mountain Press, 2008)
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Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv (Red Hen Press, 2008)
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The Global Game: Writers on Soccer (University of Nebraska Press, 2008)
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Women. Period. (Spinsters Ink, 2008)
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You Are Here: New York City Streets in Poetry (P&Q Press, 2006)
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Rough Places Plain: Poems of the Mountains (Salt Marsh Pottery Press, 2005)
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Tokens: Contemporary Poetry of the Subway (P&Q Press, 2003)
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Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems (Southern Illinois University Press, 2002)
Books:
Intersection on Neptune (The Poetry Press of Press Americana, 2019)
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On the Altar of Greece (Gival Press, 2006)
Journals:
Amsterdam Quarterly
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Antithesis
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Crab Orchard Review
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Dalhousie Review
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Descant
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Feminist Studies
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Jacket
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Janus Head
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Journal of New Jersey Poets
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Magma Poetry
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Mediterranean Poetry
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Midwest Quarterly
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Seattle Review
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Women's Studies Quarterly
Prizes won: 

Prize Americana for Poetry 2018 for Intersection on Neptune; Seventh Annual Gival Press Poetry Award for On the Altar of Greece; 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award: Notable for Art Category for On the Altar of Greece

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Last update: Apr 06, 2019