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Akron Series In Poetry
The Akron Series in Poetry, published by The University of Akron Press was founded "to bring to the public writers who speak in original and compelling voices." In addition to publishing three collections of poetry every year, The Akron Series in Poetry also sponsors the annual Akron Poetry Prize. Elton Glaser served as Editor until his retirement, and the current Series Editor is Mary Biddinger. In 2010, The Akron Series in Poetry teamed up with the Cleveland State University Poetry Center for an offsite reading at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference. Poets in the Akron Series include Emily Rosko, Jason Bredle, Joshua Harmon, Matthew Guenette, David Dodd Lee, Sarah Perrier, John Gallaher, Heather Derr-Smith, William Greenway, Alison Pelegrin, Jeff Gundy, Roger Mitchell, Ashley Capps, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Clare Rossini, Vern Rutsala, Sharmila Voorakkara, Dennis Hinrichsen, Lynn Powell, George Bilgere George Bilgere (born 1951) is an American poet. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Akron Press
The University of Akron Press is a nonprofit university press that is a part of The University of Akron. Founded in 1988, the Press is currently directed by Jon Miller and is a member of Association of University Presses. The University of Akron Press publishes scholarly, academic, regional and literary titles in several series, including: Ohio History and Culture; Akron Series in Poetry; Contemporary Poetics; The Center for the History of Psychology Series; The Bliss Institute Series; ThNCCAkronSeries in Dance. The Press also distributes the works of psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor (1888–1984) under the imprint Principia Press. Each year, the Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning manuscript is published in the Akron Series in Poetry. The current Series Editor of the Akron Series in Poetry is Mary Biddinger. See also * List of English-language book publishing companies * List of university presses Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akron Poetry Prize
The Akron Poetry Prize is an annual contest held by The University of Akron Press. The competition is open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives an honorarium of $1,000 and publication of his or her book in the Akron Series in Poetry. The final selection is made by a nationally prominent poet. The final judge for 2017 was Oliver de la Paz. Other manuscripts may also be considered for publication by Series Editor Mary Biddinger. Past editor's choice selections have included books by John Gallaher, David Dodd Lee, and Sarah Perrier. Winners Source. *1995: Susan Yuzna, ''Her Slender Dress'', Judge: Charles Wright *1996: Clare Rossini, ''Winter Morning with Crow'', Judge: Donald Justice *1997: Jeanne E. Clark, ''Ohio Blue Tips'', Judge: Alice Fulton *1998: Beckian Fritz Goldberg, ''Never Be the Horse'', Judge: Thomas Lux *1999: Dennis Hinrichsen, ''Detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights'', Judge: Yusef Komunyakaa *2000: John Minczeski, ''Circle Routes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton Glaser
Elton Glaser is an American poet. He has published collections of poetry and been published in literary magazines. Life He is a native of New Orleans, is a retired Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English from the University of Akron, and former editor of the Akron Series in Poetry. He lives in Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C .... Awards * 2010 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Do the Do" * 2009 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Slow Fuse Around the Cranium" * 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White" * 2002 Crab Orchard Award Bibliography Collections * * * * * * Poems References {{DEFAULTSORT:Glaser, Elton Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American poets University of Akron f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Biddinger
Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974, in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic. Biography Mary Biddinger received an Honors B.A. in English with a Creative Writing Subconcentration from the University of Michigan. She also holds an MFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University, and a Ph.D. in English with Creative Dissertation from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Biddinger is the author of the poetry collections ''Prairie Fever'' (Steel Toe Books, 2007), ''Saint Monica'' (Black Lawrence Press, 2011), ''O Holy Insurgency'' (Black Lawrence Press, 2013), and ''A Sunny Place with Adequate Water'' (Black Lawrence Press, 2014). Her poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including ''Copper Nickel'', '' Crazyhorse'', ''Guernica'', ''Gulf Coast'', '' The Iowa Review'', '' 32 poems'', ''Ninth Letter'', ''North American Review'', ''Ploughshares'', and ''Third Coast''. Biddinger is the recipient of a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is a literary small press and poetry outreach organization in Cleveland, Ohio, operated under the auspices of the English Department at Cleveland State University. It publishes original works of poetry by contemporary writers, though it also publishes novellas, essay collections, and occasional works of criticism or translated poetry collections. It was founded in 1962 by poet Lewis Turco at what was then Fenn College, attained its present name two years later when Fenn College was absorbed into the newly founded Cleveland State University, and began publishing books in 1971. From 2007 to 2012 its Director and Series Editor was poet and professor Michael Dumanis. From 2014, its Director and Series Editor is the poet and professor Caryl Pagel. History In its history, the poetry center has published more than 150 titles, including works by David Baker, Scott Cairns, Jared Carter, Chrystos, Martha Collins, Emily Kendal Frey, David Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Writers & Writing Programs
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is a nonprofit literary organization that provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 125 writers' conferences and centers. It was founded in 1967 by R. V. Cassill and George Garrett. History AWP, originally named the Associated Writing Programs, was established as a nonprofit organization in 1967 by fifteen writers representing thirteen creative writing programs. The new association sought to support the growing presence of literary writers in higher education. It accepted both institutional and individual members, and it aimed to persuade the academic community that the creation of literature had a place in the academy as important as the study of literature did. AWP has helped North America to develop a literature as diverse as its peoples. Member programs have provided literary education to students and aspiring writers from all b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dodd Lee
David Dodd Lee (born 1959) is an American poet, editor, and educator. Biography David Dodd Lee grew up in Michigan. He earned his undergraduate degree in painting and art history in 1986 and the MFA degree in Creative Writing in 1993, both from Western Michigan University. He is also a painter and collage artist. He is currently a professor of Creative Writing at Indiana University at South Bend and lives on the banks of the St. Joseph River in northern Indiana. Poetry and editing Lee is the author of nine full-length books of poems and a chapbook. He has published poems in many literary journals, including ''The Nation'', ''Field'', '' Denver Quarterly'', ''CutBank'', '' Gulf Coast'', '' Green Mountains Review'', '' Barrow Street'', ''Cimarron Review'', ''Pleiades'', '' Chattahoochee Review'', Diagram', '' Sycamore Review'', Willow Springs', ''Quarterly West'', '' Prairie Schooner'', and '' American Literary Review''. Also a fiction writer, he has published stories in Sou’we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gallaher
John Gallaher (born January 6, 1965) is an American poet and assistant professor of English at Northwest Missouri State University, and co-editor of ''The Laurel Review,'' supported by Northwest's English Department. He is the author or co-author of five poetry collections, most recently ''In a Landscape'' (BOA Editions, 2014). His honors include the 2005 Levis Poetry Prize for his second book, ''The Little Book of Guesses'' (Four Way Books). His poetry has been published in literary journals and magazines including ''Boston Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Field, The Literati Quarterly, jubilat, The Journal, Ploughshares'', and in anthologies including ''The Best American Poetry 2008.'' Born in Portland, Oregon, Gallaher has lived in Missouri, Kansas, California, Alabama, Long Island, Texas, Arkansas, and Ohio. He received his MFA from Texas State University and his Ph.D from Ohio University, where he worked for a time as an assistant editor of ''The Ohio Review''. He curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Derr-Smith
Heathen (Heather Derr-Smith) (born 1971) is an American poet. Their fourth book, ''Thrust'', won the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award and was published by Persea Books in 2017. Derr's fifth book, Outskirts is forthcoming from University of Akron Press in March 2022. Derr-Smith was born in Dallas, and spent their early childhood in Los Angeles. Their family then moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where they spent their middle and high school years. They studied at the University of Virginia, earning a B.A. in Art History. There they also took poetry workshops with Gregory Orr, Charles Wright and Rita Dove. Derr went on to earn their MFA in Poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where they studied with Marvin Bell, Jorie Graham, Jim Galvin, and Mark Doty. Heathen's first book, ''Each End of the World'', was published in 2005. Mark Doty called it "astonishing" and "a devastating performance." The poems are about the 1991-1996 wars in the former Yugoslavia, where Derr-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vern Rutsala
Vern Rutsala (February 5, 1934 – April 2, 2014) was an American poet. Born in McCall, Idaho, he was educated at Reed College (B.A.) and the Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A.). He taught English and creative writing at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon for more than forty years, before retiring in 2004. He also taught for short periods at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, University of Redlands, and the University of Idaho, and served in the U.S. Army, 1956–58. He died in Oregon on April 2, 2014. Books *''The Window'' (1964) *''Small Songs: A Sequence, Stone Wall Press'' (1969) *''The Harmful State'' (1971) *''Laments'' (1975) *''The Journey Begins'' (1976) *''Paragraphs'' (1978) *''The New Life'' (1978) *''Walking Home from the Icehouse'' (1981) *''The Mystery of the Lost Shoes'' (1985) *''Backtracking'' (1985) *''Ruined Cities'' (1987) *''Selected Poems'' (1991) *''Little-known Sports'' (1994) *''The Moment's Equation'' (2004) *''A Handbook for W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bilgere
George Bilgere (born 1951) is an American poet. Bilgere grew up in Riverside, California, and earned his BA at the University of California, Riverside. He received his MA in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis and earned a Ph.D. in contemporary British and American Poetry from the University of Denver in 1988. Bilgere has received grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and from the Ohio Arts Council. In 1991 he was a Fulbright scholar in Bilbao, Spain. In 2002 was named a Witter Bynner Fellow through the Library of Congress by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. He has won a Pushcart Prize, and in 2014 was awarded a $20,000 Creative Workforce Fellowship from Cleveland's Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC). Billy Collins has called Bilgere's work "a welcome breath of fresh, American air in the house of contemporary poetry." Bilgere has given poetry readings at the Library of Congress, the 92nd Street Y in New York, and at univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Yuzna
Susan Yuzna, a native of Minnesota, is an American poet and professor. Life She has a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Montana. She has been resident at several artist colonies, including Yaddo, and MacDowell. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Awards * Bush Artist Fellowship * Richard Hugo Memorial Poetry Scholarship * ''Her Slender Dress'', won the Akron Poetry Prize and the Norma Farber First Book Award The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of ... from the Poetry Society of America. Works * * Poetry Books * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yuzna, Susan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women poets University of Iowa alumni University of Montana alumni Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |