Locals: A Collection of Prose Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780985849528)

Claire Bateman's books are: The Bicycle Slow Race (Wesleyan University Press, 1991), Friction (Eighth Mountain Poetry Prize, 1998), At the Funeral of the Ether (Ninety-Six Press, 1998), Clumsy (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2003), Leap (New Issues, 2005), Coronology (a chapbook, single long poem, Serving House Books, 2009), Coronology (and other poems) (Etruscan Press, 2010), and Locals (Serving House Books, 2012). She has been awarded Individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Surdna Foundation, as well as two Pushcart Prizes. She has taught at Clemson University, the Fine Arts Center of Greenville, SC, and various workshops and conferences. She lives in Greenville, SC, and is poetry editor of the St. Katherine Review.