Bird Skin Coat

	Bird Skin Coat ''Bird Skin Coat'' is a book of poetry by Angela Sorby Angela Sorby is an American poet, professor, and literary scholar. Biography She was born in Seattle, Washington and teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main teaching areas are American literature and creative writing and ... published in 2009. It won the 2009 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, judged by Marilyn Nelson. References External links Angela Sorby {{poetry-stub American poetry collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Angela Sorby Angela Sorby is an American poet, professor, and literary scholar. Biography She was born in Seattle, Washington and teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her main teaching areas are American literature and creative writing and main academic interests are American poetry, popular culture, and children's literature. She is particularly interested in how poetry engages with children and childhood. Selected works ''Distance Learning'' ( New Issues Press, 1998); ''Schoolroom Poets: Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry'' (University Press of New England, 2005) '' Bird Skin Coat'' (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009). ''Over the River and Through the Wood: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Children's Poetry'', co-edited with Karen Kilcup. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 ''The Sleeve Waves]'' (poems). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014 Literary awards Felix Pollak Prize John Fiske Poetry Prize, University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brittingham Prize In Poetry The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition. The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is selected by a nationally recognized poet, The winner is published by the University of Wisconsin Press in its Poetry Series. Each winning poet receives $2,500 ($1,000 cash prize and $1,500 honorarium for a public reading of the work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison). The winner is announced in February each year. The prize is named for Thomas E. Brittingham and is made possible by a grant from his foundation. A $28.00 non-refundable reading fee must accompany each manuscript, Winners 1985: Jim Daniels, ''Places/Everyone'' 1986: Patricia Dobler, ''Talking To Strangers''. Judge: Maxine Kumin 1987: David Kirby, ''Saving the Young Men of Vienna'' 1988: Lisa Zeidner, ''Pocket Sundial'' 1989: Stefanie Marlis, ''Slow Joy'' 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marilyn Nelson Marilyn Nelson (born April 26, 1946) is an American poet, translator, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former poet laureate of Connecticut, She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, and the Frost Medal. From 1978 to 1994 she published under the name Marilyn Nelson Waniek. She is the author or translator of over twenty books and five chapbooks of poetry for adults and children. While most of her work deals with historical subjects, in 2014 she published a memoir, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014, entitled ''How I Discovered Poetry''. Early life Nelson was born on April 26, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Melvin M. Nelson, a U.S. serviceman in the United States Army Air Forces, Air Force, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher. She grew up on military bases, and began writing while in elementary school. She earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]