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Poet, editor, and translator
GLENNA LUSCHEI was born in the
midwest but has lived in Colombia, New Mexico, North Carolina and
California. She
studied at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and earned her
MA in English at the
University of Nebraska — Lincoln and her MA in Spanish at the University of
California — Santa Barbara.
She’s been the director of the performing arts and activist group India, Inc
since 1975, and has worked as the
editor-publisher of Solo Press since 1967. Her nineteen books include Back into My
Body and New Poems (Mille
Grazie P, 1994), Matriarch (The Smith, 1992), and her most recent books,
Shot With Eros and
Pianos Around the Cape
(Aspermont P, 1999). Of her Nebraska roots, she says, "I dream most about
my grandfather's 'farm' in Furnas
County near Beaver City where I lived as a child. He had come to Red Cloud in a
covered wagon before the turn of
the century and became the county defender, starting a family tradition that
includes my brother John Stevens Berry
and my son, Erich." She was named Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo, California,
where she lives.
In midst of the 2001 celebration of Prairie Schooner, she announced
a major gift to endow the editorship of the magazine.
Of the gift, Prairie Schooner editor Hilda Raz said,
"Glenna's philanthropy not only assures Prairie Schooner another 75 years and
more of continuing vibrant life, but makes possible creative and interdisciplinary
projects previously impossible to publish."
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