Allison Hedge Coke
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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (born August 4, 1958) is an American Book Award
-winning American
/Canadian poet
of mixed Wendat/Huron/Metis/Tsalagi/ Creek/French Canadian/Portuguese/Irish/Scot/English ancestry.
Biographical information from Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer cite page of memoir
and grew up and came of age in North Carolina
, Canada, and on the Great Plains
. Her early adult life was also spent in North Carolina until she was 27.
Biographical information from Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer cite page of memoir
Distinguished Visiting Professor/Writer appointment for Hartwick College
, an original fellow of the Black Earth Institute Think-Tank, a MacDowell Colony for the Arts Fellow, a Hawthorden Castle Fellow, a Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities Fellow, a current University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Center for Great Plains Study Fellow {flagship campus}, holds the Distinguished Paul W. Reynolds and Clarice Kingston Reynolds Endowed Chair in English, and is an Associate Professor of Poetry & Creative Writing in the English Department of the University of Nebraska at Kearney
.
University of Nebraska Biographical Information Link for Endowed Chair
starred Booklist
review of Blood Run ALA reviewer Patricia Monaghan
described Hedge Coke as William Blake
.
Of Dog Road Woman Amiri Baraka
described her as "skilled" and "spirited".
Mira Bartok Review of Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer in Fourth Genre
Reviews highlighted on University of Nebraska Press page include, Billings Gazette Reviewer's (Chris Rubich) statement as "Razor-sharp."
Nebraska Writers Page, "What the Critics Say" Gathers review listings at Creighton University
.
South Dakota Center for the Books Festival Featured Author
Noted on Hate Crimes
The University of Nebraska at Kearney
Endowed Chair Faculty webpage cites the other following state and national awards and citations:
American Book Award
The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
-winning American
Poetry of the United States
American poetry, the poetry of the United States, arose first as efforts by colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional unification of the thirteen colonies...
/Canadian poet
Canadian poetry
- Beginnings:The earliest works of poetry, mainly written by visitors, described the new territories in optimistic terms, mainly targeted at a European audience...
of mixed Wendat/Huron/Metis/Tsalagi/ Creek/French Canadian/Portuguese/Irish/Scot/English ancestry.
Biographical information from Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer cite page of memoir
Background
Hedge Coke was born in TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and grew up and came of age in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, Canada, and on the Great Plains
Great Plains
The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. This area covers parts of the U.S...
. Her early adult life was also spent in North Carolina until she was 27.
Biographical information from Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer cite page of memoir
Career
Hedge Coke is a former National Endowment for the HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
Distinguished Visiting Professor/Writer appointment for Hartwick College
Hartwick College
Hartwick College is a non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. The institution was founded as Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick, and is now known as Hartwick College...
, an original fellow of the Black Earth Institute Think-Tank, a MacDowell Colony for the Arts Fellow, a Hawthorden Castle Fellow, a Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities Fellow, a current University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
Center for Great Plains Study Fellow {flagship campus}, holds the Distinguished Paul W. Reynolds and Clarice Kingston Reynolds Endowed Chair in English, and is an Associate Professor of Poetry & Creative Writing in the English Department of the University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of Nebraska at Kearney
The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:...
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University of Nebraska Biographical Information Link for Endowed Chair
Books edited or co-edited
- "Effigies: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing", Pacific Rim, Editor, Salt Publishing. 2009.
- From the Fields, Editor, California Poets in the Schools Press.
- Ahani: Indigenous American Poetry", Editor, Oregon State UniversityOregon State UniversityOregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
. - They Wanted Children, Editor, Sioux Falls School District Press. Sioux Falls School District (South Dakota)Sioux Falls School District (South Dakota)Sioux Falls School District is a public school district located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Sioux Falls School District serves over 21,000 students as Sioux Falls is the most populated city in the state of South Dakota....
- Coming to Life, Editor, Sioux Falls School District Press.Sioux Falls School District (South Dakota)Sioux Falls School District (South Dakota)Sioux Falls School District is a public school district located in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Sioux Falls School District serves over 21,000 students as Sioux Falls is the most populated city in the state of South Dakota....
Poems of Peace After 9-11. - It's Not Quiet Anymore: New Work from the Institute of American Indian Arts, Co-Senior Editor with Heather Ahtone, Institute of American Indian ArtsInstitute of American Indian ArtsThe Institute of American Indian Arts is a college focused on Native American art. It is situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is congressionally chartered, and was created by an executive order of former American President John F. Kennedy in 1962...
Press. - Voices of Thunder: New Work from the Institute of American Indian Arts, Co-Editor with Heather Ahtone, Institute of American Indian ArtsInstitute of American Indian ArtsThe Institute of American Indian Arts is a college focused on Native American art. It is situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is congressionally chartered, and was created by an executive order of former American President John F. Kennedy in 1962...
Press.
Writing available online
- Memory from Salt Publishing.
- Street Confetti from Xcp: Streetnotes Winter 2003.
- Eternity Safeway from Xcp: Streetnotes Winter 2003.
- Clowns Crowned: in-RAGE from Xcp: Streetnotes Winter 2003.
- Allison Hedge Coke, "Placeholder: Carolina Poems of Love and Labor", Southern Spaces, 14 October 2010.
Critical reception
In an American Library AssociationAmerican Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
starred Booklist
Booklist
Booklist is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. It is geared toward libraries and booksellers and is available in print or online...
review of Blood Run ALA reviewer Patricia Monaghan
Patricia Monaghan
Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D., is one of the pioneers of the contemporary women's spirituality movement. She is the author of more than 15 books of poetry and nonfiction, including the two volume Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines...
described Hedge Coke as William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
.
Of Dog Road Woman Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism...
described her as "skilled" and "spirited".
Mira Bartok Review of Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer in Fourth Genre
Reviews highlighted on University of Nebraska Press page include, Billings Gazette Reviewer's (Chris Rubich) statement as "Razor-sharp."
Nebraska Writers Page, "What the Critics Say" Gathers review listings at Creighton University
Creighton University
Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...
.
South Dakota Center for the Books Festival Featured Author
Noted on Hate Crimes
Interviews or autobiographical essays
- ECU/UNCC Interview with Allison Hedge Coke.
- Dakota Midday SDPR January 2008
- NPR Prosody WYEP Pittsburgh.
- AIROS August 2004 Book of the Month: Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer [RealAudio]
- Food for Thought Interview (3/19/04) on South Dakota Public Radio
- Writers Giving Back, Pass the Torch, by Catherine Wald, Poets and Writers (May 2004)
- Quiet Mountain Essays Interview with editor Suzanne Sunshower
- Speaking for the Generations : Native Writers on Writing, Sun Tracks Vol. 35, University of Arizona Press.
- French Connections, Christine Gelineau, editor.
- Writers Segment (2/5/01) on South Dakota Public Radio [RealAudio]
- Writers Segment (2/6/01) on South Dakota Public Radio [RealAudio]
- House Blend (9/17/00) on South Dakota Public Radio [RealAudio]
- House Blend (7/30/00) on South Dakota Public Radio [RealAudio]
- House Blend (7/2/00) on South Dakota Public Radio [RealAudio]
- James Thomas Stevens & Allison Hedge Coke on UN Radio (RealAudio) United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
- Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature
- Connecticut Review
Awards
http://www.unk.edu/fah/english.aspx?id=27130University of Nebraska Biographical Page for Endowed Chair- Two Pushcart PrizePushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
nominations in 2009 for work published in 2008.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney
University of Nebraska at Kearney
The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:...
Endowed Chair Faculty webpage cites the other following state and national awards and citations:
- Fellow University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Great Plains Study. 2008-current.
- South Dakota Arts Council Collaborative Grant in 2008-9.
- Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture. An Endowed Lecture. Association of Sociology in Religion. Boston, MA. 2008.
- Hawthornden Castle Fellow Residency. Hawthornden CastleHawthornden CastleHawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference , and is just downstream from Roslin Castle. Hawthornden comprises a 15th century ruin, with a 17th century L-plan house attached. The house has been restored...
2008. - United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Panel Facilitator. Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Forum. New York, NY. 2008. Invitational. - Journal of the Year Editor in 2006-2007 Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers To Topos International Journal of Poetry Ahani: Indigenous American Poetry Oregon State University. 2008.
- Writer of the Year in Poetry in 2006-2007 by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers: Blood RunBlood Run (book)Blood Run is a volume of free verse poetry written by Allison Hedge Coke. It was published in the UK by Salt Publications in November 2006, and was subsequently published in the US in February 2007....
from Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
. 2008. - Distinguished Paul and Clarice A. Reynolds Chair of English-Poetry & Writing- University of Nebraska at KearneyUniversity of Nebraska at KearneyThe University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:...
2007-current. - Delegate, United Nations Women in Peacemaking Conference, Joan B. Kroc Center for Peace and Justice, Kroc CenterKroc CenterA Kroc Center is one of many community centers run by the Salvation Army.-Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers:...
University of San DiegoUniversity of San DiegoThe University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs...
. San Diego, CA. 2006. - United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Presenting Speaker. Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Forum. New York, NY. 2006. Invitational. - Writer of the Year in Poetry in 2005 by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Off Season City Pipe Coffeehouse Press.
- King Chavez Parks Teaching Award Northern Michigan UniversityNorthern Michigan UniversityNorthern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
. 2005. - Black Earth Institute, Fellow. Black Earth Institute. Madison, WI. 2005-2008.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Hartwick CollegeHartwick CollegeHartwick College is a non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college located in Oneonta, New York, in the United States. The institution was founded as Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick, and is now known as Hartwick College...
Oneonta, New York. 2004. - Book-of-the-Month, Native America Calling AIROS Native Radio Network, Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer. August 2004.
- Mayor's Award for Literary Excellence 2003. Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...
Sioux Falls Empire Arts Council - South Dakota Arts Council Artist Fellowship 2002.
- Excellence in Teaching AwardsSioux Falls Area Community Foundation. 2002 and 2004.
- Mentor of the Year in 2001 Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers for national work with incarcerated Native youth.
- Reading RainbowReading RainbowReading Rainbow is an American children's television series aired by PBS from June 6, 1983 until November 10, 2006 that encouraged reading among children. The award-winning public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including scores of Emmy Awards, many for "Outstanding Children's...
Judge. 2002. - Pushcart PrizePushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
nominations 1999 and 2000. - 'Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship finalist. 1999.
- South Dakota Arts Council Individual Artist Project Grants/Fellowships 1999, 2002.
- Dog Road Woman Winner 1998 American Book AwardAmerican Book AwardThe American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre...
Before Columbus FoundationBefore Columbus FoundationThe Before Columbus Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by Ishmael Reed, Victor Hernández Cruz, Shawn Wong and Rudolfo Anaya to be "a multi-ethnic organizing dedicated to promoting a pan-cultural view of America," especially through the promotion of multicultural writers.One of...
, finalist, 1998 Paterson Prize, finalist, Native Writers' Circle of the AmericasNative Writers' Circle of the AmericasThe Native Writers' Circle of the Americas is an organization of Native American writers, most notable for its literary awards, presented annually to Native American writers in three categories: First Book of Poetry, First Book of Prose, and Lifetime Achievement...
First Book Award in Poetry. - South Dakota Arts Council Artist in Residence 1998-current.
- Macdowell ColonyMacDowell ColonyThe MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
Resident Fellow in Petersborough, New Hampshire, in fall 1996. - Abiko Quarterly Editor's Choice Award. Cid Corman, Editor. 1995.
- Doris Gregory Memorial Scholarship and Creative Writing Award New Mexico Press Women 1993.
- Associate Residency Atlantic Center for the ArtsAtlantic Center for the ArtsAtlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists’ community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the...
1992. - PEN America Judge
- Named Fellow at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Center for Great Plains Study 2008.
- Hawthornden Castle Fellow. Hawthornden CastleHawthornden CastleHawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference , and is just downstream from Roslin Castle. Hawthornden comprises a 15th century ruin, with a 17th century L-plan house attached. The house has been restored...
2008. - Named National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Visiting Writer at Hartwick College in 2004.