PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1995) Winner
E. Ethelbert Miller
イー・エセルバート・ミラー
Ī Esherubāto Mirā
Aliases:
Eugene Ethelbert Miller
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950-11-20 （Bronx, New York, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bronx, New York → Washington, DC
Career
- Occupations
- Professor, Poet, Literary activist
- Active Years
- 1974-2024
- Affiliations
- Institute for Policy Studies, Split This Rock, Writer's Center, Poet Lore
- Memberships
- Gamma Xi Phi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard University | — | Afro-American Studies | B.A. | — | United States |
Howard University
Afro-American Studies
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize | — | — | Center for the Book | 受賞 |
| 1994 | PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award | In Search of Color Everywhere | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| 2016 | AWP George Garrett Award | — | — | Association of Writers & Writing Programs | 受賞 |
O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
1995
Organization:
Center for the Book
Result:
受賞
PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award
1994
Work:
In Search of Color Everywhere
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
AWP George Garrett Award
2016
Organization:
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
First Light: New and Selected Poems
1993 PoetryNew and selected poems.
African-American experienceLoveSocial issues
Whispers, Secrets, and Promises
1998 PoetryCollection of poems.
SecretsPromises
The 5th Inning
2009 MemoirMemoir about baseball and life.
BaseballFatherhoodLife
Bibliography
- Andromeda (1974)
- The Migrant Worker (1978)
- Season of Hunger/Cry of Rain (1982)
- Where Are the Love Poems for Dictators? (1986)
- First Light (1993)
- Whispers, Secrets, and Promises (1998)
- Buddha Weeping in Winter (2001)
- How We Sleep On the Nights We Don't Make Love (2004)
- On Saturdays, I Santana With You (2009)
- The Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller (2016)
- If God Invented Baseball (2018)
- When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories (2021)
Translations by Author
- In Search of Color Everywhere (ed.)
- Beyond the Frontier (ed.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Jazz-inflected rhythmsConversational toneVivid imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- BaseballLoveSocial justiceAfrican-American identity
Legacy
Influential African-American poet, literary activist, educator, and radio host, significantly contributing to the Washington, D.C. literary scene.
Archives
- Emory & Henry College Special Collections
- The George Washington University
In Popular Culture
- Excerpt from 'We Embrace' inscribed at Dupont Circle Metro station.
Trivia
- September 28, 1979, proclaimed 'E. Ethelbert Miller Day' by Washington, D.C. Mayor.
- Inducted into Washington, DC Hall of Fame in 2015.
- Hosts WPFW radio show 'On the Margin'.