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Cate Marvin

ケイト・マーヴィン

Keito Māvin

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
New York (resident/teacher; College of Staten Island, Columbia University) → Maine (worked at Colby College)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Academic/Teacher
Active Years
1993-
Affiliations
College of Staten Island (City University of New York), Columbia University, Colby College (English Department)

Education

Marlboro College
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States
University of Houston
English
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: United States
University of Iowa
English
Degree: MFA
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: United States
University of Cincinnati
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: United States

Awards

Kathryn A. Morton Prize
2000
Work: World’s Tallest Disaster
Organization: Sarabande Books (judge: Robert Pinsky listed)
Result: 受賞
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2002
Work: World’s Tallest Disaster
Organization: Claremont Graduate University
Result: 受賞
NYFA Fellowship
2007
Organization: New York Foundation for the Arts
Result: 受賞
Whiting Award
2007
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: 受賞
James Merrill House Fellowship
2009
Organization: James Merrill House
Result: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2015
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

World’s Tallest Disaster

2001 Poetry

Her early collection exploring corporeality, ruptures in everyday life, and layered images that consider the relations between self and the external world.

bodyeveryday ruptureimagistic sequences

Fragment of the Head of a Queen

2007 Poetry

A collection noted for its layered imagery and experimental use of language, presenting fragments of identity and history.

fragmentationmemorylinguistic experimentation

Oracle

2015 Poetry

Using images of oracles and prophecy, the collection probes language, the future, and personal uncertainty through poetic questioning.

futureuncertaintylinguistic being

Event Horizon

2022 Poetry

A recent collection that links cosmic and physical imagery with intimate experience, addressing collapse, renewal, and shifts in perspective.

cosmic imagerycollapse and renewalperspective shifts

Bibliography

  • World’s Tallest Disaster (Sarabande Books, 2001)
  • Fragment of the Head of a Queen (Sarabande Books, 2007)
  • Oracle (W. W. Norton, 2015)
  • Event Horizon (Copper Canyon Press, 2022)
  • Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century (ed. with Michael Dumanis, Sarabande Books, 2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
imagistic contemporary poetryexperimental language usefragmentary/montage structures
Recurring Motifs
body and corporealitymemory and fragmentsnature and urban imageryuncertainty and prophecy

Legacy

Considered an important voice in contemporary American poetry; her collections are praised for linguistic experimentation and vivid imagery. She has received several notable awards and contributed to teaching and mentoring younger poets.

Trivia

  • Graduated Marlboro College (BA, 1993), University of Houston (MFA, 1997), University of Iowa (MFA, 1999), University of Cincinnati (PhD, 2003).
  • Has taught at College of Staten Island, Columbia University, Colby College, among others.
  • Work has appeared in Ploughshares, The Paris Review, Poetry, Slate and other journals.
  • Recipient of the 2002 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 2007 Whiting Award, and 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship.