Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (2023) Winner
Airea D. Matthews
アイリア・ディー・マシューズ
Airea D. Matthews
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Bryn Mawr College area (Pennsylvania) — residence/work
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Associate Professor, Co-director, Creative Writing Program
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- Bryn Mawr College (Creative Writing Program), Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, Rutgers University (visiting professor/scholar)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | — | Economics | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — Helen Zell Writers' Program | — | Poetry (M.F.A.) | M.F.A. | — | United States |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy | — | Social Policy (M.P.A.) | M.P.A. | — | United States |
University of Pennsylvania
Economics
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
B.A. in Economics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — Helen Zell Writers' Program
Poetry (M.F.A.)
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
Received an M.F.A. from the Helen Zell Writers' Program
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Social Policy (M.P.A.)
Degree:
M.P.A.
Country:
United States
Received an M.P.A. in Social Policy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Poet Laureate of Philadelphia | — | — | City of Philadelphia | 選出（2022–2023期） |
| 2020 | Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship | — | — | Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Yale Younger Poets Award | Simulacra | — | Yale University Press | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | — | Rona Jaffe Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Louis Untermeyer Scholarship (Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference) | — | — | Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference | 受賞 |
| 2017 | James Merrill House Fellowship | — | — | James Merrill House | フェローシップ |
| 2024 | PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Award | Bread and circus | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
Poet Laureate of Philadelphia
2022
Organization:
City of Philadelphia
Result:
選出（2022–2023期）
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship
2020
Organization:
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Result:
受賞
Yale Younger Poets Award
2016
Work:
Simulacra
Organization:
Yale University Press
Result:
受賞
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
2016
Organization:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result:
受賞
Louis Untermeyer Scholarship (Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference)
2016
Organization:
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Result:
受賞
James Merrill House Fellowship
2017
Organization:
James Merrill House
Result:
フェローシップ
PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Award
2024
Work:
Bread and circus
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
Simulacra
2017 PoetryDebut poetry collection exploring personal history, memory, social fractures, and identity.
memoryidentitysocial fracture
Bread and circus
2023 PoetryRecent poetry collection addressing political and historical themes, community and language, offering a poetic response to contemporary American society.
race and justicecommunitylanguage and history
Bibliography
- Simulacra
- Bread and circus
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalengages political and social themesexperimental and hybrid forms
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and personal historyfamily and communitydiasporic perspectives
Legacy
Recognized as an important contemporary American poet, known for work on urban community, race, and memory. Her fellowships and role as poet laureate have influenced regional cultural life.
Trivia
- Work appeared in Best American Poetry 2015.
- Won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 2016; debut collection Simulacra was published by Yale University Press.
- Named Poet Laureate of Philadelphia for 2022–2023.
- Awarded a Pew Center for Arts & Heritage fellowship in 2020.
- Received the PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Award in 2024 for Bread and circus.