Gail Hosking

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Rochester, NY
New York US
Email: 
r.gail.hosking@gmail.com
Website: 
www.gailhosking.org

Author's Bio

Military brat. Writer. Author. 

at work on a memoir about my mother and the military

and a collection of poems about the Ukrainian War.

Education: 
Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College MFA
Writers Retreats: 
GrubStreet Muse & the Marketplace
Prospect Street Writers House
Ragdale
Vermont Studio Center

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Proud to Be: Writing from American Warriors Volume 6 (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2019)
,
Nothing Short of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story (Outpost19, 2018)
,
Risk, Courage and Women (University of North Texas Press, 2008)
Book:
Snake's Daughter: The Roads in and out of War (University of Iowa Press, 1997)

Poetry

Anthology:
Visiting Frost: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Robert Frost (University of Iowa Press, 2005)
Books:
Adieu (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2024)
,
Retrieval (Main Street Rag, 2020)
Chapbook:
The Tug (Finishing Line Press, 2014)
Prizes won: 

AWP Writer to Writer Mentorship 2018

Most Notable in Best American Essays, 2014 and 2015

Finalist for Marsh Creek Press Poetry Contest 2013

Finalist for River Teeth essay contest 2012

Finalist for Iowa Review Creative Nonfiction Award 2012

Finalist for Center for Book Arts poetry chapbook, 2012

 

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Ocean Voung Rebecca Solnit Thomas Lynch Loren Wisely Jo Ann Beard
What I'm reading now: 
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee, Wintering by Katherine May

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Born in: 
Fort Campbell, KY
Kentucky
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Last update: Oct 14, 2024