Angela Sorby
Encyclopedia
Life
She was born in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
and teaches at Marquette University
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
. Her main teaching areas are American literature and creative writing and main academic interests are American poetry, popular culture, and children's literature.
Books
- Distance Learning (New Issues PressNew Issues PressNew Issues Press is a literary press associated with Western Michigan University. It was founded by poet and Western Michigan University professor Herbert S. Scott...
, 1998); - Schoolroom Poets: Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry (University Press of New EnglandUniversity Press of New EnglandThe University Press of New England , located in Lebanon, New Hampshire and founded in 1970, is a university press consortium including Brandeis University, Dartmouth College , the University of New Hampshire, and Northeastern University...
, 2005) - Bird Skin CoatBird Skin CoatBird Skin Coat is a book of poetry by Angela Sorby published in 2009. It won the 2009 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, judged by Marilyn Nelson....
(University of Wisconsin PressUniversity of Wisconsin PressThe University of Wisconsin Press is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It primarily publishes work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves the citizens of Wisconsin by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and...
, 2009).
Articles
- "Raymond Carver’s Poetry and the Temperance Tradition," Raymond Carver Review 1:1 (Winter 2008): 19-32.
Literary Awards
- John Fiske Poetry Prize, University of Chicago
- Midwest Book Award
- Brittingham Prize in PoetryBrittingham Prize in PoetryThe Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition.The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is selected by a nationally recognized poet, The winner is...
Lorine NiedeckerLorine NiedeckerLorine Faith Niedecker was a Wisconsin poet and the only woman associated with the Objectivist poets...
Award - Fulbright fellowship; an Honor Book Prize from the Children's Literature AssociationChildren's Literature AssociationThe Children's Literature Association is a non-profit scholarly association dedicated to studying children's literature. Begun in the 1970s to generate interest in children's literature as an academic discipline and to provide a place for those studying children's literature to share ideas, the...
- Discovery/The Nation Prize
External Links
- Marquette University Faculty Page
- http://www.pw.org/content/angela_sorby_1
- http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4555.htm
- http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14654
- http://alh.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/3/508.extract