"Not since Spoon River Anthology have I seen such a cluster of vivid portraits and scenes from American life. Deep Red could be the first installment of a new classic." -Edward Field

Donna Hilbert was born in the Red River Valley of Oklahoma near the Texas border, but has spent most of her life in Southern California. She is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach, and leads an occasional workshop at the El Dorado Nature Center Museum in Long Beach, where she now lives. Her latest book is Traveler in Paradise: New and Selected Poems, a collection of poetry from Pearl Editions. Other books include Transforming Matter, Feathers and Dust, Deep Red and Mansions. In 1994 she won the Staple First Edition writing award resulting in the publication in England of the short story collection, Women Who Make Money and the Men Who Love Them. Her "Greatest Hits" chapbook spanning her career is now available from Pudding House. Recent anthologies include Boomer Girls, University of Iowa Press; And what rough Beast: Poems at the End of the Century, Ashland Poetry Press, Ashland University. She frequently travels to England to give readings and workshops, and is currently at work on a novel. She is collaborating with independent
filmmaker Christine Fugate on Grief Becomes Me, the first in a trilogy of films based on Hilbert's poems.

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To contact Donna, send email to donnahilbert1@charter.net

 

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