Awards, Honors, Grants
- The Frost Place poet in residence (1977)*
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry (for Antarctic Traveler, 1983)
- National Endowment for the Arts (grant, 1984)
- Academy of American Poets ("Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award," 1984)
- Fulbright Scholarship (1985)
- Arvon Foundation Prize (1986)
- New York Foundation for the Arts (1987)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Fellowship, 1987)
- National Magazine Award (for "Essays and Criticism," 1992)
- Whiting Foundation Writing Award (1992)
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America ("Maggie Award," 1993)
- Freedom from Religion Foundation ("Freethought Heroine Award," 1995)
- National Women's Political Caucus ("Exceptional Merit Media Award," 2001)
- National Magazine Award (for "Best Columns and Commentary," 2003)
- American Book Award ("Lifetime Achievement Award," 2010)
- The Nation Institute (Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow)
- Freedom From Religion Foundation (Honorary Board of distinguished achievers 2010)
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