Geraldine Connolly. Courtesy American Poems.
Geraldine Connolly (born 1947) is an American poet.[1]
Life[]
Connolly was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[2]
She attended the University of Pittsburgh as a university scholar for undergraduate work, and the University of Maryland where she studied American literature and earned an M.A. in English.[3]
She was executive editor of Poet Lore from 1994 to 2000. and has taught workshops for the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the Maryland Poetry-in-the-Schools Program, and the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Her work has appeared in many magazines and journals including Poetry, Chelsea, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, and Shenandoah,[4] and in the anthology Boomer Girls: Poems by women from the baby boom generation.[1]
Recognition[]
Her honors include 2 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships, the Carolyn Kizer prize from Poetry Northwest, a Maryland Arts Council Fellowship, the Margaret Bridgman Fellowship to Breadloaf, and the National Ekphrastic Poetry Competition Prize.[4]
Publications[]
- The Red Room: Poems. Meadville, PA: Heatherstone Press, 1988.
- Food for the Winter: Poems. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1990.
- Province of Fire. Oak Ridge, TN: Iris Press, 1998.
- Hand of the Wind: Poems. Oak Ridge, TN: Iris Press, 2009.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
The Summer I Was Sixteen
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geraldine Connolly b. 1947, Poetry Foundation. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ About the Author, "The Summer I was Sixteen," Poetry 180, Library of Congress. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ Geraldine Connolly, Iris Press. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Geraldine Connolly, American Poems. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Geraldine Connolly, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- "The Summer I was Sixteen" at Poetry 180
- Geraldine Connolly b. 1947 at the Poetry Foundation
- Geraldine Connolly at American Poems (3 poems)
- Geraldine Connolly at PoemHunter (10 poems)
- Books
- Geraldine Connolly at Amazon.com
- About
- Geraldine Connolly at Iris Press
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