Pamela Alexander (born 1948) is an American poet and editor.
Pamela Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 75–76)[1] Natick, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Iowa Writers Workshop |
Life
editShe graduated from Bates College in 1970 and from the Iowa Writers' Workshop with a Master of Fine Arts in 1973.[2] She has taught at MIT[3] and Oberlin College.[4]
Career
editAlexander is the author of four books of poetry.[5] Her first book, Navigable Waterways, won the 1984 Yale Younger Poets Series.
Her work has appeared in journals including The New Yorker,[6] Atlantic Monthly, Boston Book Review, Orion, TriQuarterly, Poetry, The Journal, New Republic, American Scholar.
Her papers are held at Bates College.[7]
She was an associate editor of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics.[8]
Awards
edit- 1996 Iowa Poetry Prize
- 1984 Yale Younger Poet award, Selected by James Merrill[9]
- Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
- Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College Fellowship
- Ohio Arts Council grant
Books
editPoetry
edit- Slow Fire. Ausable Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-931337-34-2.
- Inland. University of Iowa Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-87745-582-0.
- Commonwealth of Wings. Wesleyan University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8195-1193-5.
- Navigable Waterways. Yale University Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-300-03331-1.
Anthologies
edit- David Walker, ed. (2006). American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets. Oberlin College Press. ISBN 978-0-932440-28-0.
- Dove, Rita; Lehman, David, eds. (2000). "Semiotics". Best American Poetry 2000. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0033-2.
- The Extraordinary Tide
- American Voices
- Poetry for a Small Planet
- Cape Discovery
- Melissa Tuckey, ed. (2018). Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820353159.
References
edit- ^ Firsts: 100 Years of Yale Younger Poets. Yale University Press. 2019. pp. 243–249. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Collection: Pamela Alexander papers | Welcome to Bates College Archives".
- ^ "Pamela Alexander- Copper Canyon Press". Copper Canyon Press. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Oberlin Creative Writing Department". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ "The Oberlin Creative Writing Department". Archived from the original on 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^ "Howard Hughes Leaves Managua: Peacetime, 1972". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Guide to the Pamela Alexander papers, 1970-1997, n.d." Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Field". Oberlin College Press. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "About Pamela Alexander". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 18 June 2024.