Life
She grew up in Philadelphia, the daughter of Nathan and Sadie Goldstein. She remained in her home town gaining her education at Temple University where she graduated in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in English. She also married her first husband Philip Terranova that same year. Twelve years later in 1973, she worked as a manuscript editor for J. B. Lippincott & Co. While working there, she attended Vermont's Goddard College culminating in earning her master's degree in 1977. Her career shifted from editing to education and she began teaching English and creative writing at Temple University until 1987. She developed a passion for writing poetry and began publishing her works while continuing to teach. Her poems have appeared in various publications including The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Ploughshares. In 2001, “The Choice,” a selection from ''Damages'' ( Copper Canyon Press, 1996), appeared throughout Philadelphia as a part of the Poetry Society’s Poetry in Motion (arts program). “The River Bathers,” from ''Damages'', was featured on illustrated posters by the Public Poetry Project. On November 8, 2012, University of Pennsylvania'sAwards
* 1990Works
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* Taking Tap at Miss Paterson’s. Broadcast by New American Radio, 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Terranova, Elaine 1939 births Living people Writers from Philadelphia Temple University alumni Goddard College alumni Sweet Briar College faculty Temple University faculty Pew Fellows in the Arts American women poets American women academics 21st-century American women