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Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974 in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic.

Mary Biddinger is the author of the poetry collection Prairie Fever (Steel Toe Books, 2007). Her poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Copper Nickel, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, 32 Poems Magazine, Ninth Letter, North American Review, Ploughshares, and Third Coast. Her chapbook Saint Monica is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press, and her poem "Population: 41,685," originally published in Memorious , was featured in the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2010.

She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Akron, and is Director of the NEOMFA: Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Biddinger teaches courses in poetry writing, craft and theory of poetry, and literature.

Biddinger is the Editor of the Akron Series in Poetry, which sponsors the annual Akron Poetry Prize, and publishes three poetry collections every year. She is also on the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Open Book Competition Editorial Committee. Biddinger also serves as co-editor, with John Gallaher, of the Akron Series in Contemporary Poetics at the University of Akron Press. The first volume, titled The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics, is forthcoming in early 2011.

In 2007, Biddinger founded Barn Owl Review, an independent literary magazine published in Akron, Ohio.

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