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Anne MacNaughton

Anne MacNaughton

American poet

Anne MacNaughton, a.k.a. Annie MacNaughton, is an American poet. She received her MA from the University of New Mexico, where she later taught.[1] She and her late husband Peter Douthit (known professionally as Peter Rabbit) founded the Taos Poetry Circus, which became a significant locus of performance poetry until it ceased operations in 2003.[2][3] Douthit died in 2012.[2] MacNaughton has continued to foster poetry writing and performance in New Mexico through the Society of the Muse of the Southwest and the Poetry Education Project, both of which she founded, as well as serving on committees evaluating poetry for the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.[1][4]

Anne MacNaughton

MacNaughton is the editor of Taos Poetry Circus: The Nineties, published in 2002.[5] She has also been collected in New Mexico Poetry Renaissance (1994) and The Best American Poetry 1989.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Concha, Juanisidro (23 September 2020). "Anne MacNaughton gives a thorough schooling". Taos News. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. [2]
    Sharpe, Tom (29 October 2012). "Peter Douthit, 1936-2012: Taos poet lived for people, community". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    Robinson, Lynne (29 April 2020). "The late, great Taos Poetry Circus". Taos News. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Levi Romero Named New Mexico's First Poet Laureate". 30 January 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. [5]
    MacNaughton, Anne (2002). Taos Poetry Circus : The Nineties. Santa Fe: Pennywhistle Press. ISBN 9780938631408.
  6. [6]
    Niederman, Sharon; Sagan, Miriam, eds. (1994). New Mexico Poetry Renaissance. Santa Fe: Red Crane Books. ISBN 9781878610416.
  7. [7]
    Lehman, David; Hall, Donald, eds. (1989). The Best American Poetry, 1989. New York: Scribner's. ISBN 9780684190952.
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