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Anne Marie Macari
Anne Marie Macari (born 1955) is an American poet. Life and career Macari was born in Queens, New York. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Macari founded and taught in the Drew University MFA Program for Poetry & Poetry in Translation. She has also taught on the faculty of the Prague Summer Seminars. She is a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board. Macari has published five books of poetry, including ''Heaven Beneath'' (Persea, 2020). Her first book, ''Ivory Cradle'', won The APR/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry. Macari's poems have been published in many literary journals and magazines, including ''TriQuarterly'', ''Bloomsbury Review'', ''Shenandoah'', ''The American Poetry Review'', ''Five Points'' (as winner of the James Dickey Prize for Poetry), ''The Cortland Review'', and ''The Iowa Review''. Her work has appeared in anthologies, including ''From the Fishhouse'' (Persea Books, 2009) and ''Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or written), or they may also perform their art to an audience. The work of a poet is essentially one of communication, expressing ideas either in a literal sense (such as communicating about a specific event or place) or metaphorically. Poets have existed since prehistory, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and periods. Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed over time, resulting in countless poets as diverse as the literature that (since the advent of writing systems) they have produced. History In Ancient Rome, professional poets were generally sponsored by patrons, wealthy supporters including nobility and military officials. For inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |