Erica Dawson

Erica Dawson is the author of two collections of poetry: Big-Eyed Afraid, winner of the 2006 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, and The Small Blades Hurt, winner of the 2016 Poets' Prize. Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Harvard Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and other journals and anthologies. She is an Associate Professor of English and Writing at the University of Tampa, and serves as director of their low-residency MFA program.