1. Janice Gould was a Koyangk'auwi Maidu writer and scholar.
12 Facts About Janice Gould
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Janice Gould was the author of Beneath My Heart, Earthquake Weather and co-editor with Dean Rader of Speak to Me Words: Essays on Contemporary American Indian Poetry.
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Janice Gould's book Doubters and Dreamers was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award.
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Janice Gould was born on April 1,1949, in San Diego, California, and grew up in Berkeley.
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Janice Gould was the Hallie Ford Chair in Creative Writing at Willamette University.
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In 2012 Janice Gould completed a residency for Indigenous Writers at the School for Advanced Researchin Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Janice Gould was a musician who played guitar and accordion.
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Janice Gould taught at over 13 colleges and universities in the fields of English, Creative Writing, Native American Studies and Women's Studies, and served as the Hallie Ford Chair of Creative Writing at Willamette University.
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From 2014 to 2016, Janice Gould served as the Poet Laureate of Pike's Peak.
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Janice Gould's poetry has been published in over 60 journals, reviews and anthologies.
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Janice Gould was the recipient of many awards for her literary achievements, including the Ford Dissertation Fellowship, the Astraea Foundation Grant, a "Spirit of the Springs" Award from the City of Colorado Springs, and from Native Literatures: Generations.
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Janice Gould is recognized for her poetry and scholarship and therefore has a long list of awards.