Pamela Alexander
American poet
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Pamela Alexander (born 1948) is an American poet and editor.
Pamela Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 77–78)[1] Natick, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Iowa Writers Workshop |
Life
She 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
Alexander 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
- 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
Poetry
- 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
- 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.