Mary Szybist
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Mary Szybist is an American poet
. She grew up in Pennsylvania, and earned her B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the University of Virginia
and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop
, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow.
Her collection of poems, Granted (Alice James Books
, 2003) won the 2003 Beatrice Hawley Award
from Alice James Books, the 2004 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, and was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. In a feature covering the NBCCA poetry finalists, the Christian Science Monitor wrote: "...with her intelligence and understated grace, Szybist may become one of the best-known writers of her generation."
Szybist's poetry has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, AGNI Virginia Quarterly Review, The Iowa Review, Poetry, Tin House, and The Kenyon Review, and The Best American Poetry
2008.
Szybist is an assistant professor of English at Lewis & Clark College
in Portland, Oregon. She also has taught at Kenyon College, the University of Iowa, the Tennessee Governor’s School for Humanities, the University of Virginia’s Young Writers’ Workshop and West High School in Iowa City.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. She grew up in Pennsylvania, and earned her B.A. and M.T. (Master of Teaching) from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow.
Her collection of poems, Granted (Alice James Books
Alice James Books
Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.- History and mission :...
, 2003) won the 2003 Beatrice Hawley Award
Beatrice Hawley Award
The Beatrice Hawley Award is given annually by Alice James Books. The award includes publication of a book-length poetry manuscript and a cash prize ....
from Alice James Books, the 2004 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, and was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. In a feature covering the NBCCA poetry finalists, the Christian Science Monitor wrote: "...with her intelligence and understated grace, Szybist may become one of the best-known writers of her generation."
Szybist's poetry has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, AGNI Virginia Quarterly Review, The Iowa Review, Poetry, Tin House, and The Kenyon Review, and The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year...
2008.
Szybist is an assistant professor of English at Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
in Portland, Oregon. She also has taught at Kenyon College, the University of Iowa, the Tennessee Governor’s School for Humanities, the University of Virginia’s Young Writers’ Workshop and West High School in Iowa City.
Honors and awards
- 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
- 2009 Witter Bynner FellowshipWitter Bynner FellowshipWitter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the U.S...
- 2004 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
- 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
- 2002 Beatrice Hawley AwardBeatrice Hawley AwardThe Beatrice Hawley Award is given annually by Alice James Books. The award includes publication of a book-length poetry manuscript and a cash prize ....
- 1996 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writing Award
- Academy of American Poets Prize
Sources
- Alice James Books > Mary Szybist Author Page
- Lewis & Clark College > English Department Faculty
- Lewis & Clark College > Awards & Announcements