Kelly Cherry
Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic and a former
Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012). She was the author of more than 30 books, including the poetry collections ''Songs for a Soviet Composer'', ''Death and Transfiguration'', ''Rising Venus'' and ''The Retreats of Thought''. Her short fiction was reprinted in
The Best American Short Stories,
Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards,
The Pushcart Prize, and
New Stories from the South, and won a number of awards.
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