Colleen J. McElroy
| Colleen J. McElroy |
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| Language |
English |
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| Nationality |
African American |
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| Alma mater |
Kansas State University |
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| Notable works |
Sidewalk Games |
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| Notable awards |
American Book Award |
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Colleen J. McElroy (born 1935 St. Louis, Missouri) is an American poet, short story writer, editor, memoirist.[1][2]
Life
She graduated from Kansas State University (1958) and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. (1973).[3]
She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington.
She lives in Seattle, Washington.[4]
Awards
- 1985 American Book Award
- two Fulbright Creative Writing Fellowship, which took her to Yugoslavia in 1988.
- two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships
- DuPont Fellowship
- Rockefeller Fellowship.
Works
Poetry
- Sidewalk Games'[5]
- Webs and Weeds[6]
- Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide[7]
- Lothar's Wife[8]
- Sleeping with the moon: poems[9]
- Travelling music[10]
- Bone Flames: Poems[11]
- Music from home: selected poems[12]
Memoirs
- A Long Way from St. Louie[13]
- Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar[14]
Short Stories
- Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories[15]
- Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories[16]
Anthologies
- Best American Poetry 2001[17]
- Oxford Anthology of African American Literature[18]
- While Poets Are Watching[19]
- Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories [20]
- Paris Subway Tango[21]
- Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy[22]
- Furlough[23]
References
- ↑ ''Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers'', Yolanda Williams Page. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ "Readings and Lectures: Colleen McElroy | English | University of Portland". College.up.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ "University Press of New England | Redirect Page". Upne.com. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ "Colleen J. McElroy | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Sidewalk Games by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Webs and Weeds by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Lothar’s Wife by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
- ↑ Sleeping with the moon: poems. University of Illinois Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-252-07476-9.
- ↑ Travelling music. Story Line Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-885266-65-1.
- ↑ Bone Flames: Poems. University Press of New England. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8195-5172-6.
- ↑ Music from home: selected poems. Southern Illinois University Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0-8093-0774-6.
- ↑ A Long Way from St. Louie. Coffee House Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-56689-059-5. (travel memoirs)
- ↑ Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Washington Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-295-98115-4. (field notes and translations of Malagasy poems and stories).
- ↑ Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories. Creative Arts Book Co. 1990. ISBN 978-0-88739-073-9.
- ↑ Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories. Creative Arts Book Co. 1987. ISBN 978-0-88739-023-4.
- ↑ Robert Hass, David Lehman, ed. (August 21, 2001). Best American Poetry 2001. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-0384-5.
- ↑ Arnold Rampersad, Hilary Herbold, ed. (October 1, 2005). Oxford Anthology of African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512563-4.
- ↑ "While Poets Are Watching". Ploughshares. Spring 1981.
- ↑ "Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories". Ploughshares. Spring 1993.
- ↑ "Paris Subway Tango". Ploughshares. Spring 1993.
- ↑ "Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy". Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08.
- ↑ "Furlough". Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08.
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