A former Pulitzer finalist and recipient of Vermont's most prestigious artist's distinction, the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts., Sydney Lea served as founding editor of New England Review andwas Vermont's Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015. He is the author of 23 books across the genres. He holds an MA in American Studies and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, both from Yale.,
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