Michelle Tokarczyk
American poet
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Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk (born 1953) is an American author, poet, and literary critic. She is a long-time professor of English and former co-director of the Writing Program at Goucher College. Her works focus on people living in urban environments, literary history, and women's studies and issues.
1953 (age 72–73)
- Lehman College (B.A.)
- Stony Brook University (Ph.D.)
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| Born | Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk 1953 (age 72–73) |
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| Thesis | The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel: A Study of the Use of History in Fiction (1986) |
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Early life and education
Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk was born in 1953[1][2] in the Bronx to a working-class Ukrainian American family.[3] At the age of nine, she moved to a suburban area of Queens. She earned her bachelor's degree at Lehman College. Tokarczyk completed her doctorate in English from Stony Brook University in 1986.[4] Her dissertation was entitled The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel: A Study of the Use of History in Fiction.[2]
Career
Tokarczyk began working as professor of English at Goucher College in 1989.[4][5] In 2003, she was a co-director of the Goucher Writing Program.[6] Her poetry focuses on urban people, especially women.[3] She also researches literary criticism, history, and women's studies and issues.[5] Tokarczyk is the author of several books.
In 2010, Tokarczyk was the Goucher chapter president of the American Association of University Professors.[7] She was the vice president of the Maryland Conference of the American Association of University Professors in 2014.[8] As of April 2018, Tokarczyk is the president of the Maryland Conference.[9]
Personal life
Tokarczyk lives in Baltimore and New York City.[4] She is married to economist Paul Groncki.[10]
Selected works
Books
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M.; Doctorow, E. L. (1988). E.L. Doctorow: An Annotated Bibliography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0824072464.[11]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (1989). House I'm Running From. West End Press. ISBN 0931122538.
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M.; Fay, Elizabeth A. (1993). Working-class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 0870238353.[12]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2000). E.L. Doctorow's Skeptical Commitment. P. Lang. ISBN 0820444707.[13]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M.; Papoulis, Irene (2003). Teaching Composition/Teaching Literature: Crossing Great Divides. P. Lang. ISBN 0820451509.[14]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2008). Class Definitions: On the Lives and Writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison. Susquehanna University Press. ISBN 978-1575911212.[15]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2011). Critical Approaches to American Working-Class Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136697418.[16]
- Tokarczyk, Michelle M. (2016). Bronx Migrations. Columbia, MD: Cherry Castle Publishing. ISBN 978-0692737651.