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Allison A. Hedge Coke is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside.

She is the editor of ten anthologies and author of seven poetry volumes, including: Blood Run, a verse-play set in eastern South Dakota (Writer of the Year Award, 2006), Dog Road Woman (American Book Award), Off-Season City Pipe (Writer of the Year Award 2005), Streaming (Pen Southwest Award, IPPY Medalist), Burn (2017), Look at This Blue (2023 National Book Award Finalist) a play, and a memoir. Her works of poetry and fiction have appeared extensively in anthologies and magazines, and she was the 2016 Library of Congress Witter Bynner Fellow.

Hedge Coke intends to foster a new generation of writers and artists by sharing skills, craft and technique and by building confidence, encouraging self-esteem and supporting writing and art as vehicles for communication, self-expression and growth. 

Hedge Coke has more than 25 years of teaching experience in honors classes, special education, gifted and talented programs, arts magnet schools, youth-at-risk, K-12, college, graduate and postgraduate levels.

Grade levels: Pre-K-12 
Limited dates—contact artist before applying.

Contact: Allison Hedge Coke
Phone: 405-888-1574
Email: hedgecokeaa@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.hedgecoke.com

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