Diane Glancy
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Diane Glancy was born in 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri
. She is a Cherokee
poet, author and playwright. Glancy was awarded a Bachelor of Arts
(English literature
) from the University of Missouri
in 1964, then later continued her education at the University of Central Oklahoma
, earning her a Masters degree in English in 1983. In 1988, she was awarded a Master of Fine Arts
from the University of Iowa
. Glancy is an English professor and began teaching in 1989 at Macalester College
in St. Paul, Minnesota, teaching Native American literature and creative writing
courses.
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. She is a Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
poet, author and playwright. Glancy was awarded a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
) from the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
in 1964, then later continued her education at the University of Central Oklahoma
University of Central Oklahoma
The University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The university is the third largest in Oklahoma, with almost 18,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty...
, earning her a Masters degree in English in 1983. In 1988, she was awarded a Master of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
. Glancy is an English professor and began teaching in 1989 at Macalester College
Macalester College
Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...
in St. Paul, Minnesota, teaching Native American literature and creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
courses.
Personal
Glancy's descent is Cherokee and English-German. She is a divorced mother of two, son David and daughter Jennifer, and a grandmother as well.Awards
Glancy won numerous awards for her work in poetry, historical non-fiction and as a playwright. The awards are as follows:- 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...
; - 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....
; - Capricorn Prize for Poetry;
- Native American Prose Award;
- Charles Nilon Fiction Award;
- Five Civilized TribesFive Civilized TribesThe Five Civilized Tribes were the five Native American nations—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole—that were considered civilized by Anglo-European settlers during the colonial and early federal period because they adopted many of the colonists' customs and had generally good...
Playwrighting Prize; - North American Indian Prose Award;
- The Minnesota Book Award in Poetry; and
- Oklahoma Book Award.
Novels and prose works
- Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea, Overlook Press (2003)
- The Cold-and-Hunger Dance, U Nebraska Press (2002)
- Designs of the Night Sky, U Nebraska Press (2002)
- The Mask Maker: A Novel, U Oklahoma Press (2002)
- The Man Who Heard the Land, Minnesota Historical Society Press (2001)
- David: Taken from the New International Version of the Bible, IBS Publishing (2000)
- Fuller Man, Moyer Bell Ltd. (1999)
- The Voice that was in Travel, U Oklahoma Press (1999)
- Flutie, Moyer Bell (1998)
- Pushing the BearPushing the BearPushing the Bear is a historical novel by Diane Glancy which explores the lives of the Cherokee in 1838/39 during their forced removal from their land along the Trail of Tears in the United States. The book was published in 1996 by Harcourt....
, Harcourt Brace (1996) - The Closets of Heaven, Chax Press (1996)
- Monkey Secret, TriQuarterly Books (1995)
- The West Pole, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (1994)
- Claiming Breath, U Nebraska Press (1992)
- Trigger Dance, Fiction Collective Two (1990)
- One Age in a Dream, Milkweed Editions (1986)
- The Man Who Owns a Buffalo Trap, Central States University (1983)
- The Woolslayer, Hadassah Press (1982)
- Drystalks of the Moon, Hadassah Press (1981)
- Traveling On, MyrtleWood Press (1980)
Poetry collections
- Primer of the Obsolete, U Massachusetts Press (2004)
- The Shadow’s Horse, U Arizona Press (2003)
- The Stones for a Pillow, National Federation of State Poetry Societies Press (2001)
- The Relief of America, Tia Chucha Press (2000)
- (Ado)Ration, Chax PressChax PressChax Press is a publisher of experimental and avant-garde poetry run by bookmaker and poet Charles Alexander. The press publishes trade paperback and handmade fine arts editions...
(1999) - Closets of Heaven, Chax Press (1999)
- Asylum in the Grasslands, Moyer Bell (1998)
- Boom Town, Black Hat Press (1997)
- Coyote’s Quodlibet, Chax Press (1995)
- West Pole, Minnesota Center For Book Arts (1997)
- The Only Piece of Furniture in the House, Moyer Bell (1996)
- Red Moon Walking Woman, Just Buffalo Literary Center (1995)
- Lone Dog’s Winter Count, West End Press (1991)
- Iron Woman, New Rivers Press (1990)
- Offering: Poetry and Prose, Holy Cow! Press (1988)
- Brown Wolf Leaves the Res, Blue Cloud Quarterly (1984)
- House on Terwilliger. House on Twenty-Fourth Street, Hadassah Press (1982)
- Red Deer, MyrtleWood Press (1982)
- What do People do West of the Mississippi?, MyrtleWood Press (1982)
- The Way I Like to See a Softball Mitt, Hadassah Press (1981)
Plays
- The Woman Who Was a Red Deer Dressed for the Deer Dance (1995)
- War Cries: A Collection of Plays, Holy Cow Press (1997)
- American Gypsy: Six Native American Plays, U Oklahoma Press (2002)
- Cargo, Alexander Street PressAlexander Street PressAlexander Street Press LLC is a premier database publisher in the humanities and social sciences . Like Ebsco, Proquest, Gale Cengage, and the Cambridge Information Group, it's engaged in 'born native' digital publishing....
(2006) - The Collector of a Three-Cornered Stamp, Alexander Street Press (2006)
- The Conversion of Inversion, Alexander Street Press (2006)
- The Distant Cry of Betelgeuse, Alexander Street Press (2006)
- Man Red, Alexander Street Press (2006)
- The Words of My Roaring,Alexander Street Press (2006)
Non-fiction
- Freeing the First Amendment: Critical Perspectives on Freedom of Expression, New York U Press (1995)
- Naming Myself: Writings on Identity, Macalester College (1995)
Books about Diane Glancy
- The Salt Companion to Diane Glancy, ed. James Mackay. Cambridge: Salt, 2009. http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/scp/9781844714285.htm.
See also
- List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
- Native American StudiesNative American StudiesNative American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas...
External links
- Official Diane Glancy site
- Diane Glancy's entry at the Internet Public library
- Diane Glancy's entry at Voices from the Gaps
- Diane Glancy's page at Macalester College
- Interview and readings at Michigan U