Michael C. Blumenthal. Courtesy Red Room.
Michael C. Blumenthal (born March 8, 1949) is an American poet.[1]
Life[]
Blumenthal was born in Vineland, New Jersey, and grew up in Manhattan, New York City. He received a B.A. in 1969 from the State University of New York at Binghampton, and a J.D. in 1974 from Cornell University Law School. He studied clinical psychology at Antioch University in 1985 and 1986..[1]
He became a lecturer in poetry at Harvard University, and ultimately the head of its creative writing program. From 1992 to 1996 he lived in Budapest, Hungary, working as a Fulbright lecturer.[2]
Recognition[]
Blumenthal's Dusty Angel won the 1999 Isabella Stewart Gardner Prize.[3]
His novel, Weinstock Among the Dying, won the Ribalow Prize for best work of Jewish fiction.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Sympathetic Magic. Huntington, NY: Walter Mark Press, 1980.
- Days We Would Rather Know. New York: Viking, 1984.
- Laps. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984.
- Against Romance. New York: Viking, 1987.
- The Wages of Goodness. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1992.
- Dusty Angel. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 1999.
- And. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, 2009.
- No Hurry: Poems, 2000-2012. Etruscan Press, 2012.[4]
Novel[]
- Weinstock among the Dying. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1993.
Non-fiction[]
- When History Enters the House: Essays from Central Europe. Port Angeles, WA: Pleasure Boat Studio, 1997.
- All My Mothers and Fathers: A memoir. New York, NY: HarperCollins/Perennial, 2002.
Collected editions[]
- Correcting the World: Selected poetry, prose, and essays of Michael Blumenthal. Legal Studies Forum, University of West Virginia Law School, 2007.
Translated[]
- Péter Kántor, Unknown Places. New York: Pleasure Boat Studio, 2010.
Edited[]
- To Woo and To Wed: Contemporary poets on love and marriage. New York: Poseidon Press, 1992.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.
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See also[]
Michael Blumenthal reads his poetry at WVU
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Michael Blumenthal," Academy of American Poets, Poets.org, Dec. 31, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael C. Blumenthal b. 1949, Poetry Foundation, Web, Aug. 10, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Books," MichaelBlumenthal.com, Web, Dec. 31, 2011.
- ↑ No Hurry: Poems 200-2012, Red Room, Omnimedia Corporation. Web, Jan. 27, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- 2 poems by Michael Blumenthal at Poetry Dispatch
- Michael Blumenthal profile and 10 poems at the Academy of American Poets.
- Michael Blumenthal at the Writers Almanac (11 poems)
- Michael C. Blumenthal b. 1949 at the Poetry Foundation
- Books
- Michael C. Blumenthal at Amazon.com
- About
- Michael Blumenthal (1949- ) at Strangers to Us All: Lawyers and Poetry
- Michael Blumenthal at West Virginia University
- Michael Blumenthal Official website.
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