Catherine Tufariello

Catherine Tufariello (born 1963 in Ithaca, New York) is an American poet and former professor at Cornell University, the College of Charleston, and the University of Miami.

Biography
She graduated from University at Buffalo, and Cornell University with a PhD.

She taught at Cornell University, the College of Charleston, and the University of Miami. Her work has appeared in The Hudson Review, Poetry, and Yale Italian Poetry (translations).

She lives in Indiana, where she and her husband teach at Valparaiso University, with their daughter.

Awards

 * 2006 Poets' Prize
 * Booklist Editors' Choice recommendation
 * Walt McDonald First Book Poetry Prize
 * Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
 * Sewanee Writers' Conference, fellowship

Works

 * "Bête Noire", Umbrella Journal, Winter 2002
 * "SMALL GIRL IN A GIFT SHOP", Valparaiso Poetry Review