Timothy Donnelly
Encyclopedia
Timothy Donnelly is an American poet. He earned his BA
from The Johns Hopkins University and his MFA
in Poetry
from Columbia University
's MFA Program for Poets & Writers
. He is a professor at Columbia University, and has been poetry editor of Boston Review
since 1995.
Donnelly is the author of Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (Grove Press
, 2003), and The Cloud Corporation (Wave Books
, 2010).
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from The Johns Hopkins University and his MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
's 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...
. He is a professor at Columbia University, and has been poetry editor of Boston Review
Boston Review
Boston Review is a bimonthly American political and literary magazine. The magazine covers, specifically, political debates, literature, and poetry...
since 1995.
Donnelly is the author of Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (Grove Press
Grove Press
Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, Zebra. Barney Rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an alternative book press in the United States. The Atlantic Monthly Press, under the aegis of its...
, 2003), and The Cloud Corporation (Wave Books
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
, 2010).
External links
- Timothy Donnelly's author page at Wave Books
- Timothy Donnelly's faculty page at Columbia University
- Timothy Donnelly talks about getting "The Cloud Corporation" published in Harper's and "Globus Hystericus" in The Paris Review
- 'The Syntactical Sublime', review of The Cloud Corporation in the Oxonian Review