{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2013-05-22T20:21:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:21:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gretchen-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gretchen-pratt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2012\/10\/prattgretchensm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25\" alt=\"prattgretchensm[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gretchen-pratt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2012\/10\/prattgretchensm1.jpg\" width=\"97\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gretchen-pratt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2012\/10\/prattgretchensm1.jpg 97w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gretchen-pratt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/542\/2012\/10\/prattgretchensm1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/a>Education <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0M.F.A. Purdue University, 2007<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0B.A. College of Charleston, 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative Writing<\/li>\n<li>Contemporary American Poetry<\/li>\n<li>American Literature<\/li>\n<li>Rhetoric and Composition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong>Selected Publications and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One Island. Anhinga Press, 2011.\u00a0 Anhinga Prize for Poetry (2009)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Individual Poems:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my father on the anniversary of his death.\u201d Best American Poetry 2011, Simon &amp; Schuster (2011)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Island.\u201d The Southern Review 46.3 (Summer 2010)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything the color of ferns.\u201d Gettysburg Review 23.1 (Spring 2010)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChurch by the Sea.\u201d Gettysburg Review 23.1 (Spring 2010)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecret Kingdom of the Swifts.\u201d Witness (January 2010)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoad Rising Into Deep Grass.\u201d Best New Poets 2009, University of Virginia Press (October 2009).<\/p>\n<p>-Previously published in Boston Review 34.4 (July\/August 2009)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot even rustles from your red dress, rustles.\u201d Iowa Review 38:3 (December 2008)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArachne.\u201d\u00a0 The Southern Review 44:1 (Winter 2008)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack Baldwin Grand.\u201d\u00a0 The Southwest Review 93:1 (January 2008)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and acknowledgements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Winner of The Southwest Review\u2019s 2007 Morton Marr Poetry Prize<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Featured on Poetry Daily (March 15, 2008).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENGL 1101: Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts (I)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0ENGL 1102: Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts (II)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Professional Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, Adjunct Instructor (2008-2011), Lecturer (2011-present)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Wingate University, Wingate, NC, Adjunct Instructor (2009-2011)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, Adjunct Instructor (2008)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Graduate Instructor (2004-2007), Adjunct Instructor (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Purdue University Writing Lab, West Lafayette, IN, Tutor (2006-2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education \u00a0M.F.A. 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