Sandra Doller

Sandra Doller (formerly Miller) (born 1974 Washington, DC) is an American poet and writer.

Life
She attended Amherst College, University of Washington, and University of Chicago.

She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was awarded the two year Iowa Arts Fellowship.

Doller has taught at Hollins University, Cornell College, University of Iowa and in 2007, was Distinguished Visiting Writer at Boise State University. She is currently Associate Professor of Literature & Writing Studies at California State University San Marcos.

In 2003, Sandra Doller founded the international inter-arts journal and press: 1913 a journal of forms and in 2006 began editing and publishing books on 1913 Press. She still serves as editrice/editor-in-chief of 1913, which publishes diverse contemporary writing alongside early modernist experiments. 1913 Press authors include: John Keene & Christopher Stackhouse, Shin Yu Pai, Biswamit Dwibedy, Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker, Diane Wald, Karena Youtz, Jane Lewty, Scott McFarland, Monica Mody, Ronaldo Wilson, Mark Faunlagui, Vi Khi Nao, and Megin Jimenez. Each year, 1913 Press publishes an anthology of inter-translation, titled READ, co-edited by Sarah Riggs & Cole Swensen.

She lives in San Diego with her partner and collaborator, the poet and writer Ben Doller (formerly Doyle). In 2007, the two merged their last names: Doyle + Miller = Doller.

Awards and fellowships

 * 2001-2003: Iowa Arts Fellowship
 * 2004: Paul Engle-James Michener Fellowship
 * 2005: Runner-up for Sawtooth Prize from Ahsahta Press
 * 2012: Winner of the Anomalous Press Translation Prize

Works

 * from Memory of the Prose Machine (Drunken Boat)
 * from Leave Your Body Behind (Eleven Eleven)

Books

 * Oriflamme Ahsahta Press 2005
 * Chora Ahsahta Press 2010
 * Man Years Subito Press 2011
 * Memory of the Prose Machine CutBank 2013
 * Sonneteers Editions Eclipse 2014
 * Leave Your Body Behind Les Figues 2014