Traci Dant Mailing Address: 2456 Frost Drive Aurora, Illinois 60504 County: Will E-mail: tracidant@yahoo.com Phone numbers: Genre: fiction/poetry/creative non-fiction

Periodical Publications:

• "Out of Motown", Crab Orchard Review, Winter 2004
• "Thick," Cave Canem Anthology, 2001

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Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• MacDowell Colony Poetry Fellow
• Illinois Arts Council Poetry Grant Recipient
• Cave Canem Poetry Fellow
• Chancellor's Fellow in Creative Writing at Washington University in St. Louis

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Has given readings at Trinity College ( Hartford, Connecticut)
• the ETA Creative Arts Center ( Chicago, Illinois), 
• the Poetry Center of Chicago, and the Peterborough Public Library for National Poetry Month

Recent Workshops:

• Cave Canem Writer's Workshop
• Breadloaf Writer's Workshop

Present Employment: Chief Editor for Scholastic Testing Service
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