Brenda Hillman
| Brenda Hillman | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1951 Tucson, Arizona |
| Occupation | professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Pomona College, Iowa Writers' Workshop. |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse |
Leonard Michaels, Robert Hass |
Brenda Hillman (born 1951 in Tucson, Arizona), is an American poet.[1]
Life
She was educated at Pomona College, and received her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.[2] She also taught during a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.[3]
Hillman met the writer Leonard Michaels (1933-2003) in Iowa City in 1975, they were married in Berkeley in 1976, which ended in divorce in the late 1980s. They had a daughter together.[4][5] Currently, she is married to the poet Robert Hass.
Awards
- 2014 International Griffin Poetry Prize for Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire
- 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry[6]
- 2005 William Carlos Williams Prize for poetry
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship[7]
- Pushcart Prize
Works
- Northern Californian Women, Caffine destiny, Spring 2008
- Doppler Effect in Diagram Three, Carol Peters, January 13, 2009
- Split Tractate, Richie, Berkeley, 2001.11.7
- Walking the Dunes, The Poetry Foundation, Poetry (May 1977)
- Charles Wright, David Lehman, ed. (2008). "Phone Booth". The Best American poetry. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-9974-9.
Books
- Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire. Wesleyan University Press. 22 August 2013. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8195-7415-2.,[8] shortlisted for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize
- Practical Water. Wesleyan University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8195-6931-8., 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Poetry category
- Pieces of Air in the Epic. Wesleyan University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8195-6787-1.
- Cascadia. Wesleyan University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-8195-6492-4.
- Loose Sugar. Wesleyan University Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8195-2243-6., a finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award
- Bright Existence. Wesleyan University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-8195-1207-9., a finalist for Pulitzer Prize
- Death Tractates. Wesleyan University Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-8195-1202-4.
- Fortress. Wesleyan University Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-8195-1168-3.
- White Dress. Wesleyan University Press. 1985.
Chapbooks
- The Firecage (Penumbra Press, 2000)
- Autumn Sojourn (Em Press, 1995)
- Coffee, 3 A.M. (a+bend press, 1982)
Edited
- Patricia Dienstfrey, Brenda Hillman, ed. (2003). The Grand Permission: New Writings on Poetics and Motherhood. ISBN 978-0-8195-6644-7.
- Brenda Hillman, Paul Ebenkamp, ed. (2010). Writing the Silences, New California Poetry. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26244-7.
References
- ↑ "Brenda Hillman- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More". Poets.org. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Brenda Hillman, blueflowerarts
- ↑ Residency Schedule, atlanticcenterforthearts
- ↑ "Leonard Michaels". Senate.universityofcalifornia.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ "Leonard Michaels Biography". eNotes.com. 1933-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ "Book Prizes – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - April 24th & 25th, 2010 • Ucla Campus". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Brenda Hillman - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Gf.org. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ↑ Levin, Dana (March 20, 2014). "A World in Flames". Boston Review. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
External links
- Brenda Hillman, poets.org
- Brenda Hillman, blueflowerarts
- Brenda Hillman, Poetry Foundation
- Interview: Brenda Hillman, writersatcornell, November 7, 2008
- Readings in Contemporary Poetry: Brenda Hillman, Brighde Mullins, Dia Art Foundation
- “'Platonic Oxygen': On Brenda Hillman’s Pieces of Air in the Epic", Brenda McCabe, Denver Quarterly
- An interview with Brenda Hillman in Memorious
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