Martha Collins (poet)

Martha Collins was (born 1940 Omaha, Nebraska) is an American poet.

Life
Collins was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A., and the University of Iowa with a Ph.D.

She taught at University of Massachusetts Boston; she was the Pauline Delaney Chair in Creative Writing at Oberlin College.

She is editor of Field magazine. She is a member of International PEN.

Recognition

 * National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
 * Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship
 * National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
 * Bunting Institute Fellowship
 * Witter Bynner Grant for translation
 * Lannan Foundation Residency Grant.
 * Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition for The Arrangement of Space
 * Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2007) for Blue Front

Poetry

 * Sheer (Barnwood, 2008) chapbook
 * History of a Small Life on a Windy Planet - 1993
 * The Arrangement of Space - 1991,
 * The Catastrophe of Rainbows - 1985
 * The Arrangement of Space - 1991,
 * The Catastrophe of Rainbows - 1985