Roberta Spear
American poet (1948–2003)
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Roberta Spear (Sept 26, 1948 in Hanford, California – April 3, 2003) was an American poet.
Roberta Spear | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Hanford, California, U.S. |
| Died | 2003 (aged 54–55) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
Life
Robertal Spear was born Sept 26, 1948 in Hanford California. She spent her early years in the Central Valley of California, graduating from Hanford High School. She earned a BA and MA from California State University, Fresno.[1]
Spear published three books of poetry: The Pilgrim Among Us (1991), Taking to Water (1984), and Silks (1980).[2] Her work appeared in Field, Ploughshares, Poetry, and The Missouri Review. She lived in Fresno, California. She died April 3, 2003.[3]
Awards
- Ingram Merrill Fellowship[4]
- 1979 National Poetry Series
Works
- "The Workout", The Atlantic, December 2002
- "Conversions", Ploughshares, Winter 1988
- Silks: Poems. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1980.
- Talking to Water (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
- The pilgrim among us. Wesleyan University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8195-1200-0.
- Philip Levine, ed. (2007). A sweetness rising: new and selected poems. Great Valley Books. ISBN 978-1-59714-063-8.
Anthologies
- Stan Yogi, ed. (1996). "Some Voices". Highway 99: a literary journey through California's Great Central Valley. Heyday Books. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-930588-82-3.
Roberta Spear.
- Dave Smith; David Bottoms, eds. (1985). The Morrow anthology of younger American poets. Photographer David Bottoms. Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-03450-4.
- Christopher Buckley; David Oliveira; M. L. Williams, eds. (2001). How much earth: the Fresno poets. Roundhouse Press. ISBN 978-0-9666691-7-6.
- Michael Collier, ed. (1995). "Chestnuts for Verdi". The Wesleyan Tradition: Four Decades of American Poetry. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-1229-1.
