Mary Koncel

Mary Koncel is an American poet^[1] who has published two books of poetry.

She was born and raised in Chicago and holds a BFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago and MFA in English from MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She now lives in Worthington, Massachusetts with her husband. Koncel co-designed and teaches in the Writing Program of the Smith College School for Social Work. She is also a writing consultant to the Department of Public Health - AIDS Bureau in Boston, Massachusetts.

Grants and awards

• 1996 - Poetry Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council

She was also a finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award.

Books

• Closer to the Day (1999) - Quale Press
• You Can Tell The Horse Anything - Tupelo Press

Other publications - anthologies

• The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry
• No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets (edited by Ray Gonzalez)
• The Best of the Prose Poem: An International Journal
• Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry
• Ladies, Start Your Engines: Women Writing on Cars and on the Road

Journal publications

• The Massachusetts Review
• The Journal
• The Illinois Review
• key satch(el)
• Denver Quarterly
• The Prose Poem: An International Journal

References