Laura Moriarty (born April 8, 1952) is an
American poet and novelist.
Life and work
Moriarty was born in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...
, grew up on
Cape Cod in
Massachusetts and has lived in
Northern California
Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, its main population centers incl ...
since 1966. She attended
Sacramento State University and the
University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s. She was married to the poet
Jerry Estrin
Jerry Estrin (May 6, 1947 – June 22, 1993) was a U.S. poet and magazine editor born in Los Angeles, California. Estrin was founder and editor of the magazines "Vanishing Cab" and "Art and Con".
Estrin received a B.A. in Russian History ...
until his death in 1993, and is currently married to the poet/librarian Nick Robinson.
Moriarty was the Archives Director for the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at
San Francisco State University from 1986-1997. She received a Poetry Center Book Award in 1984 for ''Persia''. She has also been awarded a
Gerbode Foundation grant, a residency at the
Foundation Royaumont in France, a
New Langton Arts
New Langton Arts (active 1975 – 2009) was a not-for-profit arts organization focusing on contemporary art founded in 1975 and located the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, California. Part of the first wave of alternative art spaces ...
Award in Literature and a grant from the Fund for Poetry.
Moriarty has taught at
Mills College, and
Naropa University
Naropa University is a private university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the 11th-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The university describes itself as B ...
, among other places, and served as deputy director of
Small Press Distribution in
Berkeley, California, until her retirement.
References
List of publications
*''Two Cross Seizings.'' Sombre Reptiles, 1980.
*''Persia.'' Chance Additions, 1983.
*''Duse.'' Coincidence Press, 1987. (reprint: Paradigm Press, 2000)
*''like roads.'' Kelsey St. Press, 1990.
*''Rondeaux.'' Roof Books, 1990.
*''L'archiviste.'' Zasterle Press, 1991.
*''Symmetry.'' Avec Books, 1996.
*''Spicer's City.'' Poetry New York, 1998.
*''The Case.'' O Books, 1998.
*''Cunning'', a short novel. Spuyten Duyvil, 1999.
*''Nude Memoir.'' Krupskaya, 2000.
*''Self-Destruction.'' Post-Apollo Press, 2004.
*''Ultravioleta'', a novel. Atelos, 2006.
*''A Semblance: Selected and New Poems, 1975 - 2007.''
Omnidawn Publishing, 2007.
*''An Air Force.'' Hooke Press, 2007.
* ''A Tonalist.'' Nightboat, 2010.
External links
Laura Moriarty's A Tonalist Notes: Poetics Politics Prosody PoetryBio of Laura Moriarty at the Electronic Poetry Center, SUNY BuffaloLaura Moriarty at Rain Taxi Book Festival
* ttp://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6469271.html?q=laura+Moriarty Review of Laura Moriarty's ''A Semblance'' at ''Publishers Weekly''br>Review of Laura Moriarty's novel ''Ultravioleta'' at ''Publishers Weekly''
At the Omnidawn Publisher's Blog
essay
a poem from ''A Tonalist''
* Moriarty's reviews of Kutik's ''Ode'' (translated by Kit Robinson
Kit Robinson (born May 17, 1949) is an American poet, translator, writer and musician. An early member of the San Francisco Language poets circle, he has published 28 books of poetry.
Life and work
Born in Evanston, Illinois, Robinson graduated ...
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota
California State University, Sacramento alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Mills College faculty
Naropa University faculty
American women poets
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
20th-century American poets
21st-century American poets
Novelists from Minnesota
Novelists from Colorado
American women academics