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Mary Swander (born November 5, 1950) is an American poet and memoirist.

Life[]

A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, Swander is a distinguished professor of English at Iowa State University.

She is the author of 2 memoirs, The Desert Pilgrim and Out of this World, as well as 3 books of poetry, Heaven-and-Earth House, Driving the Body Back, and Succession.

Swander has also co-authored a musical, Dear Iowa, with composer Christopher Frank, which has been produced across the Midwest and on Iowa Public Television.

With an endowment from the Iowa Arts Council granted in 2009, she started a poetry website for Iowans called "The Iowa Literary Community"

Recognition[]

Her awards include the Whiting Award, a National Endowment for the Arts grant for the Literary Arts, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the Nation-Discovery Award.

In 2009, she was named to a 2-year term as the Poet Laureate of Iowa.

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Needlepoint. Cutbank, MN: Smokeroot Press, 1977.
  • Succession. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1980.
  • Driving the Body Back. New York: Knopf, 1986.
  • Lost Lake. Owl Creek Press, 1986.
  • Heaven-and-Earth House. New York: Knopf, 1994.

Non-fiction[]

  • Parsnips in the Snow: Talks with midwestern gardeners (with Jane Anne Staw). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1990.
  • Land of the Fragile Giants: Landscapes, environments, and peoples of the Loess Hills(essays and artwork; with Cornelia Mutel). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1994.
  • Out of This World: A Woman's life among the Amish. New York: Viking, 1995.
  • The Desert Pilgrim: On route to mysticism and miracles. New York: Viking, 2003.

Edited[]

  • Bloom and Blossom: The reader's guide to gardening. New York: Ecco Press, 1997.
  •  The Healing Circle: Authors writing of recovery (edited with Patricia Foster). New York: Plume Books, 1998.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[1]

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Mary Swander- Iowa's Poet Laureate- Two Girls on the Roof

Plays produced[]

  • Driving the Body Back (originally produced, 1987.[1]
  • (With Christopher Frank) Dear Iowa (originally produced in IowA, 1991).[1]

See also[]


Preceded by
Robert Dana 		Poet Laureate of Iowa
2009- 		Succeeded by
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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mary Swander b. 1950, Poetry Foundation. Web, Dec. 9, 2012.

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