Claudia Emerson
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Claudia Emerson (born January 13, 1957) is an American poet who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife. She is an associate professor of English at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia[1]. She is a contributing editor of the literary magazine Shenandoah.[2]
She was born in Chatham, Virginia. She lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia with her husband, Kent Ippolito, a musician who plays with various types of bands, including bluegrass, rock, folk, jazz, blues and ragtime. The couple were married in 2000 and together write songs and perform.[3]
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[edit] Education
- Chatham Hall, a girls' boarding school in Chatham, Virginia
- University of Virginia (English, 1979)
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Masters in Creative Writing, 1991)
Claudia was Guest Editor of Visions-International (published by Black Buzzard Press) in 2002.
[edit] Honors
- The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Intro Award, 1991[1]
- Academy of American Poets Prize, 1991[1]
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1994 (As Claudia Emerson Andrews)[4]
- Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, 1995 and 2002[1]
- University of Mary Washington Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2003[1]
- Witter Bynner Fellowship from Library of Congress, 2005[5]
[edit] Books of poetry
- Pharaoh, Pharaoh (LSU Press, 1997 (as Claudia Emerson Andrews)[6]
- Pinion, An Elegy (LSU Press, 2002)[7]
- Late Wife: Poems (LSU Press, 2005)[8]
[edit] Inclusion in anthologies
- Yellow Shoe Poets, (LSU Press, 1999)[9]
- The Made Thing, (The University of Arkansas Press, 1999)[10]
- Buck and Wing: Southern Poetry at 2000, (Shenandoah, 2000)
- Strongly Spent: 50 Years of Shenandoah Poetry (Shenandoah, 2003)[1]
- Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets of Virginia, (University of Virginia Press, 2003)[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e University of Mary Washington (April 17, 2006). "UMW's Claudia Emerson wins Pulitzer in Poetry". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-04-27.
- ^ Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Literary Review staff. Website. Washington and Lee University. Retrieved on 2006-04-07.
- ^ Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase. Website. Webliminal.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
- ^ Stolls, Amy; , David Kipen, Jon Peede, Paulette Beete, Campbell Irving, Pamela Kirkpatrick, and Garrick Davis [March 2006]. NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers (in English). Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, p. 12. Retrieved on 2006-04-27.
- ^ Witter Bynner Fellowships. Website. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-04-07.
- ^ Andrews, Claudia Emerson (1997). Pharaoh, Pharaoh (Paper), 1st. Edition (in English), Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 72 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2765-5.
- ^ Emerson, Claudia (2002). Pinion: An Elegy (Cloth), 1st. Edition (in English), Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 55 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2765-5.
- ^ Emerson, Claudia (September 30, 2005). The Late Wife (Cloth), 1st. Edition (in English), Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 54 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-3083-4.
- ^ Garrett, George (1999). The Yellow Shoe Poets (Cloth), 1st. Edition (in English), Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 264 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2450-8.
- ^ Stokesbury, Leon (1999). The Made Thing (Cloth), 2nd Edition (in English), Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 352 pp.. ISBN 1-55728-578-0.
- ^ Kennedy, Sarah (September 2003). Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets of Virginia (Cloth), lrst Edition (in English), Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 200 pp.. ISBN 0-8139-2222-4.
[edit] External links
- Pulitzer Prize site
- Library of Congress reading (mp3 format file)
- Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts
- UMW reading, September, 2005 (mp3 format file)
- With Good Reason radio interview May 22, 2004
- Martz, Michael, "Pulitzer-winning poet from Chatham Virginia: Professor latest with ties to town to bask in literary glory," Richmond Times Dispatch April 20, 2006
- Olson, Sean, "UNCG Alumna Wins Pulitzer Prize," University News, April 18, 2006
- Williams, Susan Settlemyre, "An Interview with Claudia Emerson, Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 1, No 2December 16, 2002 transcript and audio file about Pinion, An Elegy.
- Williams, Susan Settlemyre, "Review | Pinion: An Elegy, by Claudia Emerson", Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 1, No. 2December 16, 2002
- Chappell, Fred, "Same mine yields different gems," Raleigh News and Observer review of The Late Wife on December 25, 2005.
- Emerson, "The Bat" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
- Emerson, "Pitching Horsehoes" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
- Emerson, "Possessions" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
- Emerson, "Surface Hunting" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
- Emerson, "Frame, An Epistle" (poem) Poetry Magazine, July, 2003
- Emerson, "Second Bearing,1919" (poem), Smartish Pace, 2004
- Emerson, "Bone" (poem), American Academy of Poets website from Pinion: an elegy
- Emerson, "Artifact" (poem), LSU Press site for The Late Wife
- Emerson reading from The Late Wife on September 27, 2005 at MWU--mp3 download
- Kooser, Ted, {http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/026.html American Life in Poetry: Column 26--Claudia Emerson's poem "Stable']Emerson's poems "Migrane, Aura and Aftermath" and "What They Want" in Visions International (issue #67)
