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In addition, her Selected Poems received the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets for the most outstanding book of poetry published in 2000. She was a finalist for the 2015 International Booker Prize . [ 6 ]
Her plays Pegora the Witch and Think Your Way to a Million won statewide contests in Utah; a third, Martyr-in-Waiting, was published by the LDS Church's Mutual Improvement Association. She was employed at this time by BYU's motion-picture department. [9] Her first book was the poetry collection, Beginnings, published in 1969. Her other works ...
Clampitt also published a book of essays and several privately printed editions of her longer poems. She taught at the College of William and Mary , Smith College , and Amherst College , but it was her time spent in Manhattan, in a remote part of Maine, and on various trips to Europe, the former Soviet Union, Iowa, Wales, and England that most ...
Leila Mottley (born 2002) is an American novelist and poet. [1] She is The New York Times bestselling author of Nightcrawling, which was a nominated for numerous awards, including the Booker Prize, making her the youngest author to have been nominated for the award. In 2018, at age 16, she was named the Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California.
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American writer, poet and art collector spending most of her life in France; Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), Ukrainian poet; Renée Vivien (1877–1909), French poet; Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946), Northern Irish poet; Maryla Wolska (1873–1930), Polish poet
Rae Armantrout (born April 13, 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the Language poets. She has published more than two dozen books, including both poetry and prose. Armantrout was awarded the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Versed which was also nominated for the National Book Award. [1]
Karr won a 1989 Whiting Award for her poetry. She was a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry in 2005 and has won Pushcart prizes for both her poetry and essays. Karr has published five volumes of poetry: Abacus (Wesleyan University Press, CT, 1987, in its New Poets series), The Devil's Tour (New Directions NY, 1993, an original TPB), Viper Rum (New Directions NY, 1998, an original TPB), Sinners Welcome ...
Her poems have been described as extremely accessible, yet intricate and layered. While at times whimsical and possessing a sly humor, there is an underlying sadness in much of her work. [6] [7] Dependencies (1965) [1] Life of a Queen (1970) by Northeast/Juniper Books [5] The Private Life (1975) Lamont Poetry Selection [5] Voices from the ...