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Robin Becker
Robin Becker (born 1951) is an American poet, critic, feminist, and professor. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is author of seven collections of poetry, most recently, Tiger Heron and Domain of Perfect Affection (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014 and 2006). Her ''All-American Girl'' (University of Pittsburgh Press), won the 1996 Lambda Literary Award in Poetry. Becker earned a B.A. in 1973 and an M.A. from Boston University in 1976. She lives in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania and spends her summers in southern New Hampshire. Teaching career Becker taught for seventeen years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and currently and is Professor of English and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where she has taught since 1993. She also teaches workshops such as those at the Summer Program Poetry Workshops at The Fine Arts Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Literary influences and praise "Becker grew up listening to her grandmother's stories ... [...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] |
1996 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – National Poetry Month established by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. * Summer/Autumn – Ledbury Poetry Festival established in England. * November 11 – A memorial to John Betjeman is unveiled in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey by Lady Wilson. Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Australia * Raewyn Alexander, ''Fat'', Auckland: PenguinWeb page titled "Raewyn Alexander / New Zealand Literature File" at the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania State University Faculty
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the List of Canadian provinces and territories, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York (state), New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents 2020 United States census, as of 2020. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 33rd-largest state by area and ranks List of states and territories of the United States by population density, ninth among al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Endowment For The Arts Fellows
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American Lesbian Writers
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Lambda Literary Award For Lesbian Poetry Winners
Lambda (}, ''lám(b)da'') is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoenician Lamed . Lambda gave rise to the Latin L and the Cyrillic El (Л). The ancient grammarians and dramatists give evidence to the pronunciation as () in Classical Greek times. In Modern Greek, the name of the letter, Λάμδα, is pronounced . In early Greek alphabets, the shape and orientation of lambda varied. Most variants consisted of two straight strokes, one longer than the other, connected at their ends. The angle might be in the upper-left, lower-left ("Western" alphabets) or top ("Eastern" alphabets). Other variants had a vertical line with a horizontal or sloped stroke running to the right. With the general adoption of the Ionic alphabet, Greek settled on an angle at the top; the Romans put the angle at the lower-left. The HTML 4 character entity re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston University Alumni
This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University. Notable alumni or attendees Pulitzer Prize winners * Stan Grossfeld (M.S. COM 1980), associate editor, ''Boston Globe'', 1984 Pulitzer Prize * Joseph Hallinan (B.S. COM 1984), reporter, ''Wall Street Journal'', 1991 Pulitzer Prize * Kenneth Irby, 1992, 1993, and 1994 Pulitzer Prizes *Stephen Kurkjian, (B.A. 1966), investigative reporter and editor, The Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1972 and 1980, Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003. * Jhumpa Lahiri (M.A. GRS 1993, M.A. UNI 1995, Ph.D. UNI 1997), 2000 Pulitzer Prize * Patricia Maldonado, former staff writer, ''Miami Herald'', 1999 Pulitzer Prize * Sacha Pfeiffer, reporter, ''Boston Globe'', 2003 Pulitzer Prize * Michael Rezendes, reporter, ''Boston Globe'', 2003 Pulitzer Prize * William Sherman (reporter), ''New York Daily News'', Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award and Peabody Award winner * Mark Thompson (repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Women Poets
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ..., indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poets From Pennsylvania
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 ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Poets Portraying Sexual Relations Between Women
This is a list of poets portraying sexual relations between women, who may include both lesbians and other WSW. The major poetic works depicting relationship among women are shown next to the respective poet's name in italics. One very important body of such work is the poetry of Sappho of Lesbos. Poets and their works * Adrienne Rich - ''Twenty-one Love Poems''; ''Dream of a Common Language'' * Amy Lowell - ''Picture of the Floating World''; ''Two Speak Together'' * Anis Gisele - * Anna de Noailles - ''Love Poem''; ''Book of My Life'' * Audre Lorde - ''Cables to Rage'', ''Martha'' * Becky Birtha - ''The Forbidden Poems'' * Carol Ann Duffy - ''Feminine Gospels''; ''Love Poems'' * Cherríe Moraga - ''La Guera'' * Chrystos - ''In Her I Am'' * Edna St Vincent Millay - ''Women Have Loved Before as I Love Now''; ''What Lips My Lips Have Kissed'' * Eileen Myles - ''Sappho's Boat''; ''Irony of the Leash'' * Elizabeth Bishop - ''North and South'' * Ellen Bass - ''Mules of Love'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
