Carmen Giménez
Life
Life
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Giménez earned a Bachelor of Arts from [San Jose State University](/wiki/San_Jose_State_University "San Jose State University") and a [Master of Fine Arts](/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts "Master of Fine Arts") from the [Iowa Writers' Workshop](/wiki/Iowa_Writers%27_Workshop "Iowa Writers' Workshop"), where she was a Teaching\-Writing Fellow. She was recently a professor in English at [Virginia Tech](/wiki/Virginia_Tech "Virginia Tech") and, prior to that, [New Mexico State University](/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University "New Mexico State University"). She teaches in [Bennington College](/wiki/Bennington_College "Bennington College")'s Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing.

Giménez founded the "historically brown and queer" [Noemi Press](/wiki/Noemi_Press "Noemi Press") in 2002, and she is a founding fellow and co\-director of [CantoMundo](/wiki/CantoMundo "CantoMundo"). In the fall of 2017, Giménez became editor of *[The Nation](/wiki/The_Nation "The Nation")* Poetry Section, alongside [Stephanie Burt](/wiki/Stephanie_Burt "Stephanie Burt"). In summer of 2022, Giménez became the Executive Director and Publisher of [Graywolf Press](/wiki/Graywolf_Press "Graywolf Press").

In 2009, Giménez was named to [Poetry Society of America](/wiki/Poetry_Society_of_America "Poetry Society of America")'s biennial New American Poets Series. In 2011, she was named a Howard Foundation Fellow in Creative Nonfiction; her memoir, *Bring Down the Little Birds*, received an [American Book Award](/wiki/American_Book_Awards "American Book Awards"); and her third collection of poems, *Goodbye, Flicker,* was awarded the [Juniper Prize for Poetry](/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Press "University of Massachusetts Press"). *Milk and Filth* was a finalist for the 2013 [National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry](/wiki/National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Poetry "National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry"). Her 2019 poetry collection *Be Recorder* was a finalist for the [National Book Award for Poetry](/wiki/National_Book_Award_for_Poetry "National Book Award for Poetry"), the [PEN/Open Book](/wiki/PEN/Open_Book "PEN/Open Book") Award, the [Audre Lorde Award](/wiki/Audre_Lorde_Award "Audre Lorde Award") for Lesbian Poetry, and the [*Los Angeles Times* Book Prize](/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times_Book_Prize "Los Angeles Times Book Prize").


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