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Catherine M. Stearns
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Catherine M. Stearns
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South Natick, Massachusetts → Saint Paul, Minnesota → Belmont, Massachusetts → Boston, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Educator, Writer
- Affiliations
- College of St. Catherine (St. Catherine University), Belmont Hill School (English Department), The Roxbury Latin School (Writer in Residence), Harvard University Writing Program (Preceptor)
- Influenced By
- Donald Justice, Larry Levis, Jane Cooper, Allen Grossman
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit College | College of Arts and Sciences | English | BA | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | Creative Writing (MFA) | Poetry | MFA | — | United States |
| Brandeis University | Graduate School | English and American Literature | PhD | — | United States |
Beloit College
College of Arts and Sciences
/ English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing (MFA)
/ Poetry
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Studied with Donald Justice, Larry Levis and Jane Cooper
Brandeis University
Graduate School
/ English and American Literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Thesis advisor was poet Allen Grossman
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Dana Award | — | — | Dana Awards | winner |
| 1988 | Minnesota Voices Project Winner | The Transparency of Skin | — | New Rivers Press / Minnesota Voices Project | winner |
| 1988 | Minnesota Book Awards (finalist) | The Transparency of Skin | — | Minnesota Book Awards | finalist |
| 2018 | Elyse Wolf Prize | Then & Again | chapbook | Slate Roof Press | winner |
| — | Loft-McKnight Foundation grant/fellowship | — | — | Loft-McKnight Foundation | recipient |
| — | Iowa Arts Council grant | — | — | Iowa Arts Council | recipient |
| — | Massachusetts Cultural Council grant | — | — | Massachusetts Cultural Council | recipient |
Dana Award
1999
Organization:
Dana Awards
Result:
winner
Minnesota Voices Project Winner
1988
Work:
The Transparency of Skin
Organization:
New Rivers Press / Minnesota Voices Project
Result:
winner
Minnesota Book Awards (finalist)
1988
Work:
The Transparency of Skin
Organization:
Minnesota Book Awards
Result:
finalist
Elyse Wolf Prize
2018
Work:
Then & Again
Category:
chapbook
Organization:
Slate Roof Press
Result:
winner
Loft-McKnight Foundation grant/fellowship
Organization:
Loft-McKnight Foundation
Result:
recipient
Iowa Arts Council grant
Organization:
Iowa Arts Council
Result:
recipient
Massachusetts Cultural Council grant
Organization:
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Then & Again
2018 Poetry (chapbook)A chapbook published by Slate Roof Press in 2018. Poems that explore memory and fragments of everyday life.
memoryfamilytime
The Transparency of Skin
1988 PoetryHer first book, published by New Rivers Press in 1988. Poems focusing on the body, sensation, and self-awareness.
embodimentperceptionidentity
Bibliography
- Then & Again (Slate Roof Press, 2018)
- The Transparency of Skin (New Rivers Press, 1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and condensed dictionimage-driven depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of memorybody and sensationmemory of place
Legacy
Catherine M. Stearns is an American poet and long-time educator whose work has appeared in journals and anthologies. She has had influence in academic and regional literary communities through teaching and receiving arts grants.
Trivia
- Her husband is film director and cinematographer Richard Klug.
- Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as The Yale Review, Southwest Review, Salamander, The New Ohio Review and North American Review.
- Some of her poems have been featured on Poetry Daily and in American Life in Poetry.
- Her first book, The Transparency of Skin, was a Minnesota Voices Project winner and a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards.