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Believer Poetry Award
The Believer Poetry Award is an American literary award presented yearly by '' The Believer'' magazine to poetry collections the magazine's editors thought were "the finest, and the most deserving of greater recognition" of the year. The inaugural award was in 2011 for books published in 2010. Winners and shortlist The year below denotes when the books were published; the award is announced the following year. Thus below, the inaugural 2010 books were announced in early to mid-2011. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger () 2010 The shortlist was announced in March 2011. The winner was announced in May 2011. * Atsuro Riley, ''Romey's Order'' *John Beer, ''The Waste Land and Other Poems'' *Michael Earl Craig, ''Thin Kimono'' * Lisa Robertson, ''R’s Boat'' * Matthew Zapruder, ''Come On All You Ghosts'' 2011 The shortlist was announced in March 2012. The winner was announced in May 2012. * Heather Christle, ''The Trees The Trees'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Believer (magazine)
''The Believer'' is an American bimonthly magazine of interviews, essays, and reviews, founded by the writers Heidi Julavits, Vendela Vida, and Ed Park in 2003. The magazine is a five-time finalist for the National Magazine Award. Between 2003 and 2015, ''The Believer'' was published by McSweeney's, the independent press founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers. Eggers designed ''The Believer'' original design template. Park left ''The Believer'' in 2011, with Julavits and Vida continuing to serve as editors. In 2017, the magazine found a new home, moving from McSweeney's to the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, an international literary center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In October 2021, The UNLV College of Liberal Arts announced that the February/March 2022 issue of ''Believer'' would be the final issue published. UNLV then sold the magazine to digital marketing company Paradise Media, which in turn sold it back to its original publisher, McSweeney's. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bough Down
''Bough Down'' is a collection of poetry and small mixed media collages, created by Karen Green. It was published in 2013 and won the Believer Poetry Award the same year. In her book, Green explores how contradictory emotions can coexist and processes these sentiments through her prose and art. Background Green is known for a variety of exhibitions, such as ''The Forgiveness Machine'', an interactive display from 2009, and ''Tiny Stampede'', a collection of collages from 2011. Alongside ''Bough Down'', Green is also the author of ''Voices from La Frontera: Pioneer Women from the Big Bend Tell Their Stories'' (2002) and ''Frail Sister'' (2018). Green lives in Northern California. Green was married to American author David Foster Wallace in 2004 until his death of suicide in 2008. Although his name is never mentioned in ''Bough Down'', Green's vulnerable words and dissection of grief stem from this loss. Book's content Organization ''Bough Down'''s order is a reflection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsey Minnis
Chelsey Minnis (born 1970 in Dallas, Texas) is an American poet. Her collections of poetry include ''Zirconia'', ''Bad Bad'', ''Poemland'', and ''Baby I Don't Care''. ''Zirconia'' won the 2001 Alberta Prize for Poetry. She received a B. A. in English from the University of Colorado Boulder and studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Minnis's work was described as expressing a "gurlesque" aesthetic by Arielle Greenberg, which she described as "a feminine, feminist incorporating of the grotesque and cruel with the spangled and dreamy."Arielle Greenberg, "Some Notes on the Origin of the (Term) Gurlesque," Gurlesque: The New Grrly, Grotesque, Burlesque Poetics, ed. Lara Glenum and Arielle Greenberg, Saturnalia Books, 2010, p. 2 Selected works *Zirconia'. New York: Fence Books, 2001. *''Foxina''. Los Angeles: Seeing Eye Books, 2002. *Bad Bad'. New York: Fence Books, 2007. *Poemland'. Seattle: Wave Books, 2009.''Baby, I Don't Care'' Seattle: Wave Books Wave Books (established 2005) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |