Dora Malech
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Dora Malech is an American poet.
Malech’s first full-length collection of poetry, Shore Ordered Ocean, was published in 2009 by the Waywiser Press. The Cleveland State University Poetry Center published her second collection, Say So, in 2010.. Recognition she has received for her poetry includes a 2010 Ruth Lilly
Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation
and a residency fellowship at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy. Her poems have appeared additionally in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies including The New Yorker
, Poetry
, Best New Poets
, Poetry London
, and The Yale Review
.
Malech earned a BA in Fine Arts from Yale University
in 2003 and received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2005. She has since taught writing at the University of Iowa
; Victoria University of Wellington
, New Zealand; Kirkwood Community College
; Augustana College
; and Saint Mary’s College of California. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa
, where she coordinates the Iowa Youth Writing Project.
Malech’s first full-length collection of poetry, Shore Ordered Ocean, was published in 2009 by the Waywiser Press. The Cleveland State University Poetry Center published her second collection, Say So, in 2010.. Recognition she has received for her poetry includes a 2010 Ruth Lilly
Ruth Lilly
Ruth Lilly was an American philanthropist. She was the daughter of Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., and Ruth Lilly, and the sole living heiress to the Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical fortune built by her great grandfather, Colonel Eli Lilly.Lilly made headlines in November 2002 when she pledged stock...
Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly....
and a residency fellowship at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy. Her poems have appeared additionally in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies including The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Poetry
Poetry (magazine)
Poetry , published in Chicago, Illinois since 1912, is one of the leading monthly poetry journals in the English-speaking world. Published by the Poetry Foundation and currently edited by Christian Wiman, the magazine has a circulation of 30,000 and prints 300 poems per year out of approximately...
, Best New Poets
Best New Poets
The Best New Poets series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing fifty poems from poets without a previously published collection...
, Poetry London
Poetry London
Poetry London is a London-based literary periodical. As Poetry London: A Bi-Monthly of Modern Verse and Criticism it was founded by Tambimuttu and the first issue was dated January/February 1939.In a new form the magazine is still in print....
, and The Yale Review
The Yale Review
The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
.
Malech earned a BA in Fine Arts from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 2003 and received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2005. She has since taught writing at 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...
; Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
, New Zealand; Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Community College is a two-year Liberal Arts college serving seven counties in Iowa. Kirkwood's main campus is in Cedar Rapids, with additional campuses in Marion, Iowa City, Belle Plaine, Monticello, Tipton, Vinton, Washington and Williamsburg....
; Augustana College
Augustana College (Illinois)
Augustana College is a private liberal arts college located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The college enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Covering of hilly, wooded land, Augustana is adjacent to the Mississippi River...
; and Saint Mary’s College of California. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, where she coordinates the Iowa Youth Writing Project.