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Irene Latham (born February 26, 1971 in Covington, Georgia) is an American author. Latham writes primarily in the genres of poetry for adults and fiction for young readers. Her collection of poems What Came Before (Negative Capability Press, 2007) earned a Bronze Independent Publisher's Award [1](IPPY) and was named Alabama State Poetry Society's Book of the Year. She is represented by Stimola Literary Studio [2] and her first novel Leaving Gee's Bend will be released by G.P. Putnam's Sons in January, 2010.

Latham traveled worldwide with her family before settling in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1984. She is a graduate of Hewitt-Trussville High School and earned degrees in social work from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). Her work has been published in many literary journals and anthologies, including Einstein at the Odeon Cafe [3], Free Lunch, PoemMemoirStory, and Whatever Remembers Us: an Anthology of Alabama Poetry[4]. She serves as poetry editor for Birmingham Arts Journal link title and as program chairperson for Alabama Writers Conclave link title.

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