Caroline C. Maun (born January 14, 1968) is a professor, author, poet, lyricist, and musician. She teaches

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in the English Department at

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

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. Other areas of research include

modernism Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

, American Literature,

African-American literature African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of slave narratives, African ...

, and Internet Writing.

Early life and education

Maun was born in Lansing, Michigan. She moved with her family to

Englewood, Florida Englewood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charlotte and Sarasota counties in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,800. The Sarasota County portion of Englewood is part of the North Port–Saras ...

in 1971 where she attended Englewood Elementary School and later graduated from Lemon Bay High School in 1986. Maun graduated with honors from

Eckerd College Eckerd College is a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega Bay. Because of its location, Eckerd is considered a "beach school" and has its own student ...

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as an English major in 1990. In 1992, she earned a MA in English from North Carolina State University in

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. Her M.A. thesis research documented

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

and her 1890s editors, especially

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. She then earned a Ph.D. in English from the

University of Tennessee at Knoxville The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

in 1998, where she wrote a dissertation on Evelyn Scott's unpublished volume of verse, “The Gravestones Wept.” This research later became ''The Collected Poems of Evelyn Scott,'' published by The National Poetry Foundation in 2005.

Career

Maun was hired as a lecturer at

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known a ...

in Baltimore, Maryland in 1998. She became an assistant professor of Rhetoric and Composition, and was a founding Director of the university's Writing Center. Moving to Wayne State University, she was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in 2004. She became an assistant professor in the Department of English in 2008, and in 2011 an associate professor. Maun has written three books of poetry. Two poems from her book ''The Sleeping'' were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Maun's poetry has been published in ''Third Wednesday'', ''Raving Dove'', and ''Chickenbones: a Journal for Literary and Artistic African-American Themes''. As well as composing and publishing her own work, Maun has written analysis and criticism of poetry. She is the author of the book ''Mosaic of Fire'', which analyses the work of four women authors. In 2015 this book was held in more than 600 libraries.

Awards

*Thornton Wilder Fellowship in Wilder Studies, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, 2012. *Bear River Writers Conference Scholarship, 2012. *College Language Association Presidential Award, 2007.

Books

*''Mosaic of Fire: The Work of Lola Ridge, Evelyn Scott, Charlotte Wilder, and Kay Boyle''. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2012. *''Greatest Hits: 1999-2010''. Columbus, OH: Pudding House Press, 2010. *''Cures and Poisons''. Columbus, OH: Pudding House Press, 2009. *''The Sleeping''. Detroit, MI: Marick Press, 2006. *''The Collected Poems of Evelyn Scott'' (Editor). Orono, ME: National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine, 2005. *''What Remains'', Main Street Rag Publishing Company"Book Review: What Remains"
''Detroit Metro Times'', September 11, 2013. Terry Blackhawk

References

External links

Profile at Wayne State University
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