10 Facts About Cathryn Hankla

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Cathryn Hankla's is professor emerita of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia, and served as inaugural director of Hollins' Jackson Center for Creative Writing from 2008 to 2012.

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Cathryn Hankla is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose.

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Additionally, Cathryn Hankla has held teaching appointments at Washington and Lee University, Randolph Macon Women's College and The University of Virginia .

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Cathryn Hankla's has served as Poetry Editor for The Hollins Critic, a literary journal, since 1996.

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Cathryn Hankla was born in the Appalachian town of Richlands, Virginia.

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Two volumes of Cathryn Hankla's poetry have been finalists in the Library of Virginia Awards .

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Cathryn Hankla attended Pulaski County High School in Dublin, Virginia, where she was involved with drama, band, filmmaking, and photography.

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Cathryn Hankla's served as editor of the student literary magazine, Inklings.

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Cathryn Hankla later received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Film from Hollins College in Hollins, Virginia in 1980.

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Cathryn Hankla's earned her Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing from Hollins in 1982.

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