Noy Holland
Encyclopedia
Noy Holland is an American
writer
and National Book Award
nominee. She is married to the writer Sam Michel
.
Her writing has appeared in The American Voice, Ploughshares
, Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train
, The Quarterly
, Conjunctions
, Black Warrior Review, Open City
, Noon, and other publications.
She received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
in 2003. She has also received fellowships from the University of Florida
, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has also taught at Phillips Academy
and the University of Florida
.
She directs the Writers in the Schools Project in Amherst, Massachusetts
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
nominee. She is married to the writer Sam Michel
Sam Michel
Sam Michel is an American author. He is married to the writer Noy Holland. They live in western Massachusetts with their two children.-Publications:...
.
Literature-related
Holland's books include Spectacle of the Body (Knopf) and What Begins with Bird (Fiction Collective Two).Her writing has appeared in The American Voice, Ploughshares
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
, Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train
Glimmer Train
Glimmer Train is an American literary journal founded in 1990 in Portland, Oregon. It is published quarterly.-Past contributors:* Brad Barkley* Charles Baxter* Ron Carlson* Greg Downs* Peter Selgin* Andre Dubus III* Aaron Gwyn* Noy Holland...
, The Quarterly
The Quarterly
Gordon Lish founded and edited the avant garde literary magazine, The Quarterly in 1987. The Quarterly showcased the work of contemporary authors.Volume 1 of The Quarterly was published in the Spring of 1987...
, Conjunctions
Conjunctions
Conjunctions, is a biannual American literary journal based at Bard College. It was founded in 1981 and is currently edited by Bradford Morrow....
, Black Warrior Review, Open City
Open City (magazine)
Open City Magazine and Books was a New York City based magazine and book publisher that features many first-time writers alongside those who are well known. The editors are Thomas Beller and Joanna Yas. It is published by a nonprofit organization, Open City, Inc. Open City Magazine is released...
, Noon, and other publications.
She received a fellowship 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...
in 2003. She has also received fellowships from the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is a writers' conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont...
, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Other
Holland is an Associate Professor in the MFA Program for Poets & WritersMFA 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 the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has also taught at Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
and the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
.
She directs the Writers in the Schools Project in Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...
.
Education
- Holland received her Masters in Fine Arts from the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in 1994.http://www.english.ufl.edu/crw/publications.html
External links
- Review of The Spectacle of the Body in The New York Times.
- Noy Holland at Ploughshares
- Noy Holland at the National Endowment for the Arts
- Michael KimballMichael Kimball- Biography & Career :Michael Kimball was born February 1, 1967 in Lansing, Michigan and is the author of The Way the Family Got Away , How Much of Us There Was ; Us , and Dear Everybody . He has also published the book Words under the conceptual pseudonym Andy Devine...
interviews Noy Holland in Avatar Review - Fade Theory Review of What Begins With Bird
- Orbit by Noy Holland