Linda Bierds

Linda Louise Bierds (born 1945 in Delaware) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the University of Washington, where she also received her B.A.

[1] Her books include Flights of the Harvest-Mare; The Stillness, the Dancing; Heart and Perimeter; and The Ghost Trio (1994).

Her poems are featured in American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets (2006) and many other anthologies.

[2] She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988,[3] the Ingram Merrill Foundation, Artist Trust and the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1995.

[5] She received an honorary degree in Doctor of Letters from Oglethorpe University in 2011.