Marianne Boruch
Encyclopedia
Marianne Boruch is an American
poet. She graduated from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers
at University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1979, and after teaching at Tunghai University
in Taiwan
, and at the University of Maine at Farmington
, went on to develop the MFA program in creative writing at Purdue University
and was its director until 2005. She began teaching there in 1987 as well as at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
.
She is also the author of two books of essays:
She has also written a memoir:
Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker
, Poetry, The Nation
, The Yale Review
, The Georgia Review
, The Paris Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Iowa Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry London, FIELD
, Poetry 180, Poets of the New Century, Poets Reading: The FIELD Symposia, Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Poets, American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets, and elsewhere.
Visiting Artist Residency, The American Academy in Rome, 2009.
Poems chosen for Best American Poetry, 2009 and 1997.
The Strousse Award, for poems in Prairie Schooner, 2008.
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
, 2005-2006.
Artist-in-Residence, Isle Royale National Park, 2006.
Two Pushcart Prize
s, 2001 and 1988.
Two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
, 1999 and 1984.
Terrence DePres Award from Parnassus, 1994.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
poet. She graduated from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
The MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a graduate creative writing program.-History:The MFA Program for Poets & Writers was founded in the 1960s by poet Joseph Langland and is part of the English Department at the University of Massachusetts...
at University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1979, and after teaching at Tunghai University
Tunghai University
Tunghai University was founded by Methodist missionaries in 1955 as a comprehensive university. It is a top-ranked private school and a leading institution in Taiwan. Moreover, Tunghai University was founded as the first private university making it the second oldest university in Taiwan, which...
in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and at the University of Maine at Farmington
University of Maine at Farmington
The University of Maine at Farmington, established in 1864 as Maine’s first public institution of higher education, is a public liberal arts college, and a founding member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges offering programs in teacher education, human services and arts and sciences as...
, went on to develop the MFA program in creative writing at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
and was its director until 2005. She began teaching there in 1987 as well as at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
The Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers is the oldest low-residency creative writing Master of Fine Arts program in the United States. Prior to the founding of this program, an MFA in creative writing was earned via standard residential graduate programs that required students to be in residence...
.
Books
Boruch is the author of several poetry collections, including:- Grace, Fallen from (Wesleyan University Press, 2008; paperback edition, 2010)
- Ghost and Oar (chapbook: Red Dragonfly Press, 2007)
- Poems: New & Selected (Oberlin College Press, 2004)
- A Stick That Breaks and Breaks (Oberlin College Press, 1997)
- Moss Burning (Oberlin College Press, 1993)
- Descendant (Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1989)
- View from the Gazebo (Wesleyaan Univ. Press, 1985)
She is also the author of two books of essays:
- In the Blue Pharmacy (Trinity University Press, 2005)
- Poetry's Old Air (Poets on Poetry Series, Univ. of Michigan Press, 1995)
She has also written a memoir:
- The Glimpse Traveler (Indiana University PressIndiana University PressIndiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana....
, 2011)
Her work has also appeared in 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, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, 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...
, The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review is an award-winning, nationally respected literary journal founded in 1947 that includes poetry, art, fiction, essays and reviews. It won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 1986 and the National Magazine Award for Essay in 2007...
, The Paris Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Iowa Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry London, FIELD
Field
-Places:* Field, British Columbia, Canada* Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States* Field, Ontario, Canada* Field Island, Nunavut, Canada* Mount Field - Expanses of open ground :* Field...
, Poetry 180, Poets of the New Century, Poets Reading: The FIELD Symposia, Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Poets, American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets, and elsewhere.
Awards
Residency/Fellowship, The Bellagio Center, the Rockefeller Foundation, 2009.Visiting Artist Residency, The American Academy in Rome, 2009.
Poems chosen for Best American Poetry, 2009 and 1997.
The Strousse Award, for poems in Prairie Schooner, 2008.
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
, 2005-2006.
Artist-in-Residence, Isle Royale National Park, 2006.
Two Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The 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....
s, 2001 and 1988.
Two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, 1999 and 1984.
Terrence DePres Award from Parnassus, 1994.