Cary Waterman
Instructor
waterman@augsburg.edu

Poet Cary Waterman joined the Augsburg English Department as an adjunct Instructor in English in 1990. She is the author of four books of poetry. Her last book, When I Looked Back You Were Gone, was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Most recently her work has appeared in the anthologies,Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present, and Where One Voice Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry, both published in 2007.

She earned her undergraduate degree in English at the University of Denver where she studied writing with John Williams. For many years, she was Poet–in–Residence with the Minnesota Writers in the Schools Program, teaching poetry workshops across the state for elementary and high school students and teachers.

Cary has won awards for her poetry from the Bush Foundation, the Loft, the McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She has had residencies at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annamakerrig, Ireland. She has served on the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Minnesota Literature Newsletter Board, and the Loft Board of Directors.

The mother of three grown children, Cary lives in St. Paul. She is currently working on book of translations from the Catalan poet, Dolors Miguel

Education
B.A. University of Denver
M.A. Minnesota State University-Mankato

Recent Publications
Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present, New River Press

Where One Voice Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry, Minnesota Historical Society

Water–Stone Review, Vol. 9, Fall, 2006

When I Looked Back You Were Gone, Holy Cow! Press