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Adrian Blevins

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Adrian Blevins

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-00-00 （Abingdon, Virginia, United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
East Winthrop, Maine, United States → Waterville, Maine, United States (teaches at Colby College)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor of English, Director, Creative Writing Program
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
Colby College (faculty)

Education

Virginia Intermont College
Degree: B.A.
Country: United States
Hollins University
Degree: M.A.（フィクション）
Country: United States
Warren Wilson College
Poetry
Degree: M.F.A.
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: United States
MFA in Poetry (2002)

Awards

Maine Literary Awards (Book Award for Poetry)
2024
Work: Status Pending
Category: 詩
Organization: Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
Result: 受賞
Wilder Prize
2018
Work: Appalachians Run Amok
Organization: Two Sylvias Press
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize
2013
Work: "Tally" (in Pushcart Prize XXXVII)
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Zone 3 Poetry Award
2012
Organization: Zone 3
Result: 受賞
Ploughshares Cohen Award
2010
Work: The Waning
Organization: Ploughshares
Result: 受賞
Walter E. Daken Fellowship
2007
Category: フェローシップ
Organization: Sewanee Writers' Conference
Result: 選出
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2004
Work: The Brass Girl Brouhaha
Organization: Kate Tufts Foundation
Result: 受賞
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
2002
Organization: Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result: 受賞
Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction
2000
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: The Chattahoochee Review
Result: 受賞
Bright Hill Press Chapbook Award
1996
Work: The Man Who Went Out for Cigarettes
Category: チャップブック
Organization: Bright Hill Press
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Brass Girl Brouhaha

2003 Poetry

An early collection exploring regional memory, family stories, and personal myth with humor and sharp observation.

Appalachian regionalityFamilyEveryday humor

Live from the Homesick Jamboree

2009 Poetry

A collection that sings of distant family, homesickness, and the instability of bonds, notable for its performance-like rhythms.

HomesicknessFamily relationshipsVoice and performance

Appalachians Run Amok

2018 Poetry

Poems that portray Appalachian life, culture, and contradictions with humor and bite, situating regional voices within contemporary poetry.

AppalachiaRegional cultureIdentity

Status Pending

2023 Poetry

A recent collection focusing on status, expectations, and personal and social change.

ChangeExpectation and uncertaintyIndividual and society

Bibliography

  • The Brass Girl Brouhaha (Poetry, 2003)
  • Live from the Homesick Jamboree (Poetry, 2009)
  • Appalachians Run Amok (Poetry, 2018)
  • Status Pending (Poetry, 2023)
  • The Man Who Went Out for Cigarettes (Chapbook, 1997)
  • Bloodline (Chapbook, 2012)
  • Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean (Editor, 2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lyrical yet narrative voiceUse of regional voice and dialectBlend of humor and biting observation
Recurring Motifs
Appalachian landscapes and memoryFamily and ancestryDomestic details and objects (furniture, household items)

Legacy

A poet who helped situate Appalachian voices within contemporary poetry and a teacher who has contributed to training new writers; recognized for work that balances regional specificity and universality.

Trivia

  • Born into a family of artists — grandfather, father, and stepparents worked as painters and craftsmen.
  • Balances work as a poet with teaching at Colby College.
  • Has published multiple chapbooks and full-length poetry collections.