About
Pat Valdata is a poet and fiction writer. Her work includes the poetry books Where No Man Can Touch, which won the 2015 Donald Justice Prize and was published in a revised edition in 2023; Inherent Vice; a chapbook, Looking for Bivalve; and the novels Crosswind, The Other Sister, and Eve's Daughters. Originally from New Brunswick, NJ, she now lives in Crisfield, MD.
Featured Work
Where No Man Can Touch
2023 (revised edition)
Revised and published in 2023, this book of persona poems won the 2015 Donald Justice Poetry Prize.
Other Works
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Eve's Daughters
2020
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Inherent Vice
2011
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The Other Sister
2008
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Looking for Bivalve
2002
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Crosswind
1996
Awards and Recognition
- Nominated for Pushcart Prize 2020 and 2022
- First Prize for Novel, Delaware Press Association, 2021
- Donald Justice Poetry Prize, 2015
