Carol Guess, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carol Guess

American writer

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1968

Place of Birth: Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Carol Guess (born January 3, 1968) is an American poet and fiction writer.
Her work emphasizes compression, musicality, and experimental structure.
Guess attended Columbia University, majoring in English while studying ballet.
She later earned graduate degrees in Creative Writing and English from Indiana University.
Currently Professor of English at Western Washington University, she lives in Seattle.
Guess identifies as queer and was a member of the Lesbian Avengers in the 1990s.
Her books Homeschooling, Femme's Dictionary, and Gaslight were nominated for Lambda Literary Awards.
Switch was a finalist for the American Library Association's Stonewall Book Award in 1999.
In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement by the Philolexian Society of Columbia University.