Prof. Katie Bickham

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Prof. Katie Bickham

Prof. Katie Bickham

Lecturer in English

Katie Bickham is the author of two books of poetry: Mouths Open to Name Her (LSU Press 2019) and The Belle Mar (Pleiades 2015). Her work has won The Missouri Review Editor’s Prize, Rattle Reader’s Choice Award, the New Millennium Poetry Prize, and the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize. Her poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Rattle, The Missouri Review, Southern Quarterly, and elsewhere. Katie lives in Shreveport, Louisiana with her husband, son, and shelter dog.

Email: kbickham@centenary.edu
Office Location: Jackson Hall, 312
Office Phone: 318.869.5313
Office Hours for Spring 2024: Tuesday 8:30 – 9:30 am, Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Thursday 11:45 – 12:45 pm, and by appointment
Website: www.katiebickham.net
    

Education

  • M.F.A, Creative Writing, 2013, Stonecoast: University of  Southern Maine

  • M.A., Liberal Arts, 2011, Louisiana State University Shreveport

  • B.A., English, 2008, Louisiana State University Shreveport 
     

Teaching and Research Interests

  • Creative Writing, Poetry
  • Women’s Literature
  • Modern American Poetry
  • Literary Epics
     

Selected Publications

Selected Conference Presentations

  • “Mortal Wounds: Poetry of Motherhood in the Modern World.” Popular Culture Association Conference, Washington, D.C., 2019.

  • “Beyond the Wallpaper: Women Writing Mental Illness in 2019.” American Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2019.

  • “Speaking of the Unspoken Place: Louisiana History in Poems.” Louisiana Studies Conference Keynote Address. Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 2018.

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