Corrie Lynn White

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Corrie Lynn White

Corrie Lynn White

Corrie Lynn White is a poet and essayist living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Originally from Gold Hill, North Carolina, she holds a BA from UNC Chapel Hill and an MFA from UNC Greensboro. She currently works as a journalist, having formerly taught English at the high school and college levels. Her work has appeared in Oxford American, Mid-American Review, Chattahoochee Review, New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, and Mississippi Review, among other places. Her first full-length collection — Gold Hill Family Audio — won the 2021 Cowles Poetry Prize. https://www.clwhite.work/