About

Hannah Kroonblawd is a poet and teacher living in eastern Nebraska, where she serves as an English professor at Concordia University, Nebraska (CUNE).

Born and raised in the upper Midwest, Hannah attended CUNE and received an undergraduate degree in middle level education. She taught middle school for two years in southern China, and then earned an MFA in poetry at Oregon State University and a PhD in English Studies at Illinois State University. From 2022-2024, she was the Director of Creative Writing at Malone University in Canton, Ohio.

POETRY READING

Hannah writes about familial grief, collective belief, and personal geographies. Her research interests include ecotheology and poetics in the anthropocene. Her work can be found in a variety of literary journals.

Hannah was a 2018-2019 Sutherland Fellow in the Publications Unit at Illinois State. She was assistant poetry editor for SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review) from 2019-2022. She serves as a reader for SRPR and Midwest Review.

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Other, less-literary info:  Hannah’s bucket list includes visiting Denali National Park, learning to fly an airplane, and living in a craftsman bungalow. She likes to sail (small boats, like the Sunfish) and makes a mean crockpot lasagna (taking after her mother). Recently-read favorite books include:

  • Jayber Crow, Wendell Berry
  • The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo
  • After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre
  • Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
  • A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

CV available upon request.