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Catherine Bowman

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Catherine Bowman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
El Paso, Texas
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Bloomington, Indiana → Provincetown, Massachusetts

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor
Affiliations
Indiana University Creative Writing Program, Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown)

Awards

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
1990
Organization: New York Foundation for the Arts
Result: 受賞
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
1994
Work: 1-800-HOT-RIBS
Organization: Kate Tufts Foundation
Result: 受賞
Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize
Organization: Peregrine Smith
Result: 受賞
Dobie Paisano Fellowship
Organization: University of Texas (Dobie Paisano Fellowship)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Can I Finish, Please?

2016 Poetry

A recent collection of conversational, witty poems that explores personal feeling and memory through everyday images and linguistic play.

memoryeveryday lifelanguage

The Plath Cabinet

2009 Poetry

A collection that weaves references to Sylvia Plath with intimate fragments, producing poems where memory and cultural allusion intersect.

cultural referenceidentitymemory

Notarikon

2006 Poetry

A collection showing experimental interest in language and structure; fragmentation and reassembly of language are central themes.

linguistic experimentformfragmentation

Rock Farm

1996 Poetry

One of her earlier significant collections, notable for images rooted in nature and place.

natureplacememory

1-800-HOT-RIBS

1993 Poetry

The collection that won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award; features conversational lyricism, humor, and fragments of everyday life.

humoreveryday lifethe body

Word of Mouth: Poems Featured on NPR's All Things Considered (ed.)

2003 Edited anthology (Poetry)

An edited anthology collecting poems featured on the NPR program; an example of her editorial work.

anthologyradio culturepoetry outreach

Bibliography

  • 1-800-HOT-RIBS (1993)
  • Rock Farm (1996)
  • Word of Mouth: Poems Featured on NPR's All Things Considered (ed.) (2003)
  • Notarikon (2006)
  • The Plath Cabinet (2009)
  • Can I Finish, Please? (2016)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
conversational, witty lyric voiceexperimental interest in languageimage-driven lyricism
Recurring Motifs
everyday scenesbody and sensationlanguage playfragments of memory

Legacy

Catherine Bowman is an important voice in contemporary American poetry; her conversational, witty style and editorial work have influenced younger poets and readers. She has also contributed to the field through teaching at Indiana University.

Trivia

  • She is a professor in the Creative Writing Program at Indiana University.
  • She has held fellowships at Yaddo and from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
  • Won the 1994 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for 1-800-HOT-RIBS.
  • Edited an anthology (2003) collecting poems featured on NPR's All Things Considered.