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Jude Nutter (1960–) was born in North Yorkshire, England, and grew up in northern Germany. Her poems have appeared in numerous national and international journals and she is the recipient of several awards and grants. Her first book-length collection, Pictures of the Afterlife (Salmon Poetry, Ireland), was published in 2002. The Curator of Silence (University of Notre Dame Press), her second collection, won the Ernest Sandeen Prize from the University of Notre Dame and was awarded the 2007 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry. A third collection, I Wish I Had A Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman (University of Notre Dame Press) was published in 2009 and is a finalist for the 2010 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry. In 2004 she spent two months in Antarctica as a participant in the National Science Foundation’s Writers and Artists Program. She has been living and teaching in Minnesota since 1998.

Nutter is the author of four books of poems: A Prayer for Robert Lee, 2001 Pictures of the Afterlife, 2002 ISBN 1-903392-26-8 Curator of Silence, 2007 ISBN 0-268-03661-6 I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman, 2009 ISBN 0-268-03663-2

included in: The Best American Poetry 2009: Series Editor David Lehman, Scribner, 2009 ISBN 0-743-29977-9

link to Wiki article Minnesota Book Awards The Best American Poetry 2009

link for current Star Trib re: MN Book Award 2010 finalist

link for University of Notre Dame Press link for "I Wish..." link for "Curator..."

link for 2007 Minn Book Awards interview and video of interview