Angela Sorby is an American poet, professor, and literary scholar.
Biography
She was born in
Seattle, Washington
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and teaches at
Marquette University
Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...
in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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. 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
The University Press of New England (UPNE), located in Lebanon, New Hampshire and founded in 1970, was a university press consortium including Brandeis University, Dartmouth College (its host member), Tufts University, the University of New Hampsh ...
, 2005)
*''
Bird Skin Coat'' (
University of Wisconsin Press
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, 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
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Literary awards
*Felix Pollak Prize
*John Fiske Poetry Prize, University of Chicago
*Midwest Book Award
*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 ...
Lorine Niedecker
Lorine Faith Niedecker (English: pronounced Needecker) (May 12, 1903 – December 31, 1970) was an American poet. Niedecker's poetry is known for its spareness, its focus on the natural landscapes of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (particularly wa ...
Award
*Fulbright
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fellowship
*Honor Book Prize from the Children's Literature Association
The Children's Literature Association (ChLA) is a non-profit association, based in the United States, of scholars, critics, professors, students, librarians, teachers, and institutions dedicated to studying children's literature.Margaret W. Denman- ...
*'' Discovery/The Nation'' Prize
*Lorine Niedecker Prize
References
External links
Marquette University Faculty Page
*http://www.pw.org/content/angela_sorby_1
*http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4555.htm
*http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14654
Writers from Seattle
Marquette University faculty
Living people
American women poets
20th-century American writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American writers
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women academics
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