Pattiann Rogers
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Pattiann Rogers is an American
poet who has published 11 books and received numerous awards, grants and fellowships.
She was born in Joplin
, Missouri
, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa
with a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri
in 1961. She received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Houston
in 1981 and is currently on the faculty of the low residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University
in Forest Grove
, Oregon
. She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review
. She lives in Colorado
with her husband and has two sons.
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, a 2005 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, and a 1993 Lannan Literary Fellowship. Her poems have been awarded the Tietjens Prize for Poetry, the Hokin Prize, and the Bock Prize for Poetry, the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry Northwest
, the Strousse Award from Prairie Schooner, in 1993 and 1996, five Pushcart Prize
s, and an appearance in The Best American Poetry of 1996, edited by Adrienne Rich
. She was the 1987 poet in residence at The Frost Place
in Franconia, NH, and in 2004 she was judge for the National Poetry Series
.
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poet who has published 11 books and received numerous awards, grants and fellowships.
She was born in Joplin
Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...
, Missouri
Missouri
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, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
with a bachelor's degree 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 1961. She received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
in 1981 and is currently on the faculty of the low residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University
Pacific University
Pacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...
in Forest Grove
Forest Grove, Oregon
Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a bedroom suburb of Portland. Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850 and then incorporated in 1872 and was the first city in Washington County...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. She is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review is a biannual literary journal founded in 1980 by Ronald Spatz and James Liszka at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ronald Spatz serves as editor-in-chief...
. She lives in Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
with her husband and has two sons.
Books
Rogers has published these books:- Firekeeper, Expanded and Revised Edition (Milkweed, 2005)
- Generations, (Penguin, 2004)
- Song of the World Becoming, New and Collected Poems, 1981 - 2001, (Milkweed Editions) This book contains all of Rogers' poems in previously published books, 40 new poems, and line and title indexes. It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was named an Editor's Choice, Top of the List by Booklist.
- A Covenant of Seasons, a collaboration with the artist Joellyn Duesberry (Hudson Hills Press, 1998)
- The Dream of the Marsh Wren, Writing as Reciprocal Creation, (Milkweed Editions, 1999) in the Credo Series
- Eating Bread and Honey, (Milkweed Editions, 1997)
- Firekeeper, New and Selected Poems (1994); chosen by Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
as one of the Best Books Published in 1994, was one of five finalists for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize (given by the Academy of American Poets) in 1994, and received the Natalie Ornish Poetry Award from the Texas Institute of LettersTexas Institute of LettersThe Texas Institute of Letters is an organization devoted to the promotion of literature and literacy in Texas.Founded in 1936, the TIL offers awards to outstanding books written by Texas authors, or dealing with Texas subjects. The TIL also co-administrates the Dobie Paisano Fellowship, which...
. - Geocentric (Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1993)
- Splitting and Binding (Wesleyan University Press, 1989)
- Legendary Performance (Ion Press, 1987)
- The Tattooed Lady in the Garden (Wesleyan University Press, 1986)
- The Expectations of Light (Princeton University Press, 1981)
Anthologies
Her poems have appeared in these anthologies;- Best Spiritual Writing in 1999, 2000, 2001
- Prentice Hall Anthology of Women's Literature, Verse and Universe
- Poets of the New Century
- The Measured Word (on poetry and science)
- Stand-Up Poetry
- The Made Thing
- The Discovery of Poetry
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Grants, fellowships, and awards
Rogers has received two NEA Grants, a Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim 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...
, a 2005 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, and a 1993 Lannan Literary Fellowship. Her poems have been awarded the Tietjens Prize for Poetry, the Hokin Prize, and the Bock Prize for Poetry, the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry Northwest
Poetry Northwest
Poetry Northwest was founded as a quarterly, poetry-only journal in 1959 by Errol Pritchard, with Carolyn Kizer, Richard Hugo, and Nelson Bentley as co-editors...
, the Strousse Award from Prairie Schooner, in 1993 and 1996, five 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, and an appearance in The Best American Poetry of 1996, edited by Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Cecile Rich is an American poet, essayist and feminist. She has been called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century."-Early life:...
. She was the 1987 poet in residence at The Frost Place
The Frost Place
The Frost Place is a museum and nonprofit educational center for poetry located at Robert Frost's former home in Franconia, New Hampshire, USA....
in Franconia, NH, and in 2004 she was judge for the National Poetry Series
National Poetry Series
The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
.
Academia
Rogers has held these academic positions:- Taught at the University of Texas
- Taught at the University of Montana
- Taught at Washington University in St. LouisWashington University in St. LouisWashington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
- Mercer UniversityMercer UniversityMercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...
as the Ferrol Sams Distinguished Writer-in-Residence - Associate professor and taught in the MFA Creative Writing Program during the spring semesters, 1993 to 1997, at the University of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasThe University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
- In May, 2000, she was in residency at the Rockefeller Foundation'sRockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy - She is currently on the faculty of the low residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Pacific UniversityPacific UniversityPacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...
, Forest Grove, OR.
External links
- Official Home Page
- Author papers 1960-1999 & undated at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
- Author papers 1977-2000 at Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
- Whole Terrain link to Rogers' articles published in Whole TerrainWhole TerrainWhole Terrain: Journal of Reflective Environmental Practice is an environmentally-themed literary journal that's published approximately once a year by Antioch University New England . Each volume explores emerging ecological and social issues from the perspectives of practitioners working in the...