Eve Shelnutt (1941 in Spartanburg, South CarolinaThe Writing Room: Keys to the Craft of Fiction and Poetry. Eve Shelnutt. (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1989), p. 320. – April 7, 2015) was an American

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 writte ...

and writer of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

. She lived in

Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolit ...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

Athens, Ohio Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio Universit ...

, and

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. Over the course of her career, she taught at

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

, and

The College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ...

Education

She received her B.A. from

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

. She received her M.F.A. from

University of North Carolina, Greensboro The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand-al ...

where she studied with

Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1 ...

under the auspices of The

Randall Jarrell Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—a position that now bears the title Poet ...

Fellowship.

Awards

She received the

O. Henry Prize The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty bes ...

in 1975 for "Angel", ''Shenandoah'', Winter 1974, Abrahams. She won the Mademoiselle Fiction Award. Literary Fellowships: *

MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowell ...

*Virginia Center for the Creative Arts *

Yaddo Yaddo is an artists' community located on a estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.". On March ...

Works

''The Love Child''. Black Sparrow Press (1979), short fiction. Awarded The Great Lakes Fiction Award. ''The Formal Voice''. Black Sparrow Press (1982), short fiction. Awarded the Withrop College Press Award for 1982. ''Descant''. Palaemon Press (1982) ''Air and Salt''.

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

Press, (1983), poetry ''The Musician''. Black Sparrow Press (1987), short fiction ''Recital in a Private Home''. Carnegie-Mellon University Press (1989), poetry ''The Writing Room: Keys to the Craft of Fiction and Poetry''. Longstreet Press (1989) When We Were Cherished
Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series
(2013), poetry ''Writing: The Translation of Memory''. Macmillan Pub Co (April 1990) ''The Confidence Woman''. Longstreet Press (1991), Editor, essays ''First a Long Hesitation''. Carnegie-Mellon University Press (1992) ''My Poor Elephant: 27 Male Writers at Work''. Longstreet Press (1992), Editor, essays ''The Magic Pencil: Teaching Children Creative Writing : Exercises and Activities for Children, Their Parents, and Their Teachers''. Peachtree Publishers (1994) ''The Girl, Painted: Stories''. Carnegie-Mellon University Press (1996), short fiction Ms Shelnutt's short fiction has also published in the following quarterly literary reviews: ''Agni Review'' Driving to the Interior: Elizabeth Bishop, Guide," ''AGNI:26''; "The Formal Voice," ''AGNI:13''; "Timing," ''AGNI: 10/11''. ''American Review'', ''Black Warrior Review'', ''Carolina Quarterly'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''Great Lakes Review'', ''The Literary Review'', ''Palaemon Press'', ''Ploughshares'' The Pilot-Messenger," Vol. 6, No. 4 (1981), pp. 123–130 The Beguiling Idiot," Vol. 13, No. 2/3 (1987), pp. 90–99. ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Quarterly West'', ''Slow Loris Reader'', ''Story Quarterly'', and ''West Branch''. Her poetry has appeared in: ''American Review'', ''Apalachee Quarterly'', ''Chattahoochee Review'', ''New Delta Review'', ''New Poets Review'', ''Nimrod'', ''North American Review'', ''Oxford Magazine'', ''Pig Iron Anthology'', ''Poet & Critic'', ''Sow's Ear'', ''Spoon River Quarterly'', ''Tar River Poetry'', etc. Reviews Greene, Melissa Fay. Review of ''The Musician'' in ''

The Iowa Review ''The Iowa Review'' is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews. History and profile Founded in 1970, ''Iowa Review'' is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Origin ...

'', Vol. 18, No. 2 (Spring - Summer, 1988), pp. 174–177. Martin, David. Review of "The Musician" in Cream City Review, Spring 1988. Special Collections *William Peden Short Story Collection, MU Libraries, University of Missouri # Eve Shelnutt to William Peden, 6 March 1986 # William Peden to Eve Shelnutt, 13 March 1986

External links

SSSL: Bibliography: Writers: Eve Shelnutt (1941-)
*
J.C. Hallman's review of Andrei Codrescu's The Poetry Lesson references Shelnutt as a teacher.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelnutt, Eve 1941 births 2015 deaths American women short story writers American women poets University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni University of Cincinnati alumni 21st-century American women

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