Alice Anderson (writer)
Alice Anderson is an American poet. She is particularly known for her collection, Human Nature.Biography
Alice Anderson was born May 20, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She spent her childhood in California and Mississippi. Anderson's work deals with issues that have impacted her life: family violence, intimate partner violence, and traumatic brain injury.
Anderson was living in Ocean Springs, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit.
Anderson took a classes at California State University, Sacramento, receiving a BA in English. As an undergrad Anderson worked with the poet Dennis Schmitz who encouraged her to go to graduate school.
She received an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College.
Anderson's, multi-genre, oeuvre explores using language to reveal universal illuminations that arise from suffering.Awards
