Bianca Stone

Bianca Stone
Occupation Poet, Artist
Nationality United States
Spouse Ben Pease

Bianca Stone is a Brooklyn based poet and visual artist.[1] Her poems have appeared in literary magazines[2] and poetry collections, and her illustrations are a part of Anne Carson's project, Antigonick. [3]

Early life and education

Stone graduated from New York University.[4] Stone's grandmother, Ruth Stone, was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships,[5] the National Book Award for Poetry[6] in 2002, and remains a major influence in Stone's life.[7]

Career

Stone's poems have been published in Best American Poetry 2011, Conduit, and Tin House, among others, and she is the author of the chapbooks I Want To Open The Mouth God Gave You, Beautiful Mutant[8] (Factory Hollow Press, 2012), and I Saw The Devil With His Needlework (Argos Books, 2012). Her illustrations have appeared in a collaboration with former teacher, Anne Carson, entitled Antigonick.[9][10] This is both a printed book and a multimedia performance piece.[11]

Tin House Books published Stone's book, Someone Else's Wedding Vows in March, 2014.[12][13]

She also edits a small press, Monk Books, with partner Ben Pease in Brooklyn, New York. Stone and Pease were married in August 2014.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Riverviews' 'Rebus' exhibit showcases poetry comics". BURG, March 5, 2014 Brent Wells.
  2. ↑ "Brevity is the soul of 'The Honest Pint,' a broadside on poetics". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ↑ "Tragic figures & top girls". Bay Area Reporter, Theatre, March 19, 2015, Richard Dodds
  4. ↑ "THOSE RAW IMPERFECT IMPULSES": Bianca Stone in conversation with Matt Bell". The Brooklyn Rail.
  5. ↑ O'Gorman, Josh. "Putting Life Into Words". The Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  6. ↑ National Book Award for Poetry
  7. ↑ Harball, Elizabeth. "Drawing Verse". The Poetry Foundation. Interview. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "FEATURES: A Bianca Stone interview" By Alex Dueben The Comics Journal. Aug 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ "How Is a Greek Chorus Like a Lawyer". Slate.
  10. ↑ "A martyr gets another chance in 'Antigonick'". Chicago Tribune, (login required)
  11. ↑ "Antigone and the elusive ghosts of justice". J. Kelly Nestrick, The Globe and Mail, Monday, Aug. 11 2014,
  12. ↑ "Book Review: Someone Else’s Wedding Vows". Center for Literary Publishing
  13. ↑ "Someone Else’s Wedding Vows". Publishers Weekly.
  14. ↑ "The 5 Kinds of Poems You Hear at Weddings". by Maureen O'Connor, New York Magazine.

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