Annie Finch is a poet, translator, and librettist, "a central figure in contemporary American poetics" (The Dictionary of Literary Biography). Her recent works include a book of poetry, Eve (Story Line, 1997); the groundbreaking anthology, An Exaltation of Forms (Michigan, 2002); a translation of The Complete Poems of Louise Labe (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press); a libretto for a new opera based on the life of poet Marina Tsvetaeva (American Opera Productions, 2003); and her latest book of poetry, Calendars (Tupelo Press, Spring 2003). She is Director of the Stonecoast low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine.

Shortlisted, Foreword Magazine Poetry Book of the Year, Calendars
Finalist, National Poetry Series
Finalist, OSU/Journal Award
Finalist, Brittingham Award
Finalist, Hollis Summers Prize
Finalist, Yale Series of Younger Poets
Finalist, Faulkner Society Poetry Award
Nicholas Roerich Fellowship, Wesleyan Writers Conference
MacGuffin Editors' Choice Award for Poetry

Annie has been honored with her own featured poet page at Poets.org, the official site of the Academy of American Poets. The site also features the poem "Wild Yeasts", originally published in Calendars.

Annie Finch (anniefinch.com )

Featured Poet Annie Finch (http://www.ablemuse.com/v5/a-finch.htm)

American Opera Projects (http://www.aopinc.org)