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2012

Kelle Groom interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada:
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Kelle Groom joins Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, English Department as Distinguished Writer-in-Residence (2012-2013)

Kelle Groom awarded Summer 2012 residency in Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
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Kelle Groom awarded Ucross Foundation residency for Spring 2012.
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I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl selected as one of Oprah's eight best memoirs that get you through hard times:
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Paperback release of I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl is April 3, 2012
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2011

Library Journal selects I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl for "Best Memoirs of 2011."
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Oxford American selects I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl as an Editor's Pick for Fall 2011
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I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl is a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice pick
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Kelle Groom joins the faculty of the low-residency MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe.

Kelle Groom awarded BMI - Kluge Fellowship from Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada-Las Vegas in partnership with the Library of Congress.
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I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl selected for O Magazine's 2011 Summer Reading List.

I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl selected for the Harper's Bazaar "Summer's Reading List" by Nantucket Bookworks.
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Barnes & Noble selected I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl as a Best Book of the Month for June.

I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl Official Book Trailer, directed by Alicia Conway, editing by Ben Rock, produced by Visible Man Productions
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I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl is a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection for Fall 2011.

I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl receives starred pre-pub review from Library Journal
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Atrium acquires German rights to I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl.

Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl
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My memoir,  I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl, will be released on June 7, 2011.
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I'll be reading from I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl in Massachusetts, New York, and Florida this summer. 
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I was awarded a William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fellowship from the AAS, a national research library in Worcester, MA.
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Five Kingdoms receives a Florida Book Award.
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“San Juan de la Cruz” appears in Alhambra Poetry Calendar 2011: Poetry Anthology.
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Guest Reading for 2011 Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers' Conference at Atlantic Center for Arts, NSB, FL January 13, 2011.
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2010

Reading from Five Kingdoms, Other Words Conference, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, November 5, 2010.
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My guest blog post, “Writing Across Genres” appears in “The Writer’s Life,” September 2010.
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Interview with Danielle Sellers for CDR, August 2010.
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Reading from Five Kingdoms, University of Central Florida Book Festival, Orlando, Florida, April 17, 2010.
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Reading from Five Kingdoms, Fermentation Lounge, Tallahassee, FL, March 22, 2010.
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Reading from Five Kingdoms, UrbanThink Bookstore, Orlando, FL , March 20, 2010.
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Reading from Five Kingdoms, New Smyrna Regional Library, FL, March  7, 2010.

Entertainment Weekly recommends Five Kingdoms in its "Best New Poetry" article, April 9, 2010.
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“Little Wing,” appears on Verse Daily, February 5, 2010.
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Five Kingdoms Book Release Party, Harris House Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, January 19, 2010.
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Five Kingdoms, my third collection of poems, is released on January 1, 2010.
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My poem, "Oh dont," from Witness is selected for Best American Poetry 2010 by Amy Gerstler.
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“The Face of Jesus” appears in Ploughshares, selected by Guest Editor: Tony Hoagland, Issue #110.
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"How to Make a Shoe" (memoir) from AGNI receives Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXIV : Best of the Small Presses (2010 Edition).
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