Rate My Professor Adrian Blevins

Blevins is the author of four full-length poetry collections: Status Pending (Four Way Books, 2023), Appalachians Run Amok (Two Sylvias Press, 2018), Live from the Homesick Jamboree (Wesleyan University Press, 2009), and The Brass Girl Brouhaha (Wesleyan University Press, 2003). She has also co-edited Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean: Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia, a collection of essays by new and emerging Appalachian writers. Her literary accomplishments have garnered significant recognition, including the 2024 Maine Literary Award in Poetry for Status Pending, the Wilder Prize from Two Sylvias Press, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Rona Jaffe Writer’s Foundation Award, and many others. As Director of the Creative Writing Program, Blevins plays a pivotal role in fostering literary talent and promoting innovative approaches to poetry and prose at Colby College, contributing to the institution's vibrant English Department.