Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1995) Winner
James L. McMichael
ジェームズ・エル・マクマイケル
Jeemuzu Eru Makumairu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-01-01 （Pasadena, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Originally from Pasadena, California; has lived in Southern California → Faculty at University of California, Irvine
Career
- Occupations
- poet, educator, university professor
- Active Years
- 1967-
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine (Department of English)
- Influenced By
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (influence referenced in criticism)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | Department of English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Stanford University
Department of English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Received Ph.D. from Stanford University (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Arthur Rense Prize | — | — | Arthur Rense Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society / Awarding body for Shelley Memorial Award | 受賞 |
| — | Academy of American Poets Fellowship | — | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2006 | National Book Award (Poetry) — Finalist | Capacity | 詩 | National Book Foundation | ファイナリスト |
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1995
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Arthur Rense Prize
1999
Organization:
Arthur Rense Foundation
Result:
受賞
Shelley Memorial Award
Organization:
Poetry Society / Awarding body for Shelley Memorial Award
Result:
受賞
Academy of American Poets Fellowship
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry) — Finalist
2006
Work:
Capacity
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ファイナリスト
Awards & Nominations
Arthur Rense Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
Against the Falling Evil
1971 PoetryAn early collection of poems that includes experiments in form and language.
linguistic experimentationreligious allusion
The Lovers Familiar
1978 PoetryA collection of poems focused on relationships and intimacy.
loveintimacy
Four Good Things
1980 Long poem / Autobiographical poetryA sprawling autobiographical meditation set in Southern California on life, death, and real estate.
autobiographydeathland/place
Each in a Place Apart
1994 PoetryA mature collection showcasing formal rigor and suggestive, compact language.
memoryhistory
The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996
1996 Selected poetryA representative selected volume including new poems and works from 1971–1996.
overview of major worksevolution of themes
Capacity
2006 Poetry (long poems)A collection of seven long poems; departs from prior long-line autobiography toward dispassion, elision, and very short lines.
elisionmemoryreconsideration of history
If You Can Tell: Poems
2016 PoetryPublished in 2016, this collection contains late-career poems and fragments.
recollectionlinguistic refinement
Bibliography
- The Style of the Short Poem (1967)
- Against the Falling Evil (1971)
- Just What the Country Needs, Another Poetry Anthology (edited, 1971)
- The Lovers Familiar (1978)
- Four Good Things (1980)
- Ulysses and Justice (1991)
- Each in a Place Apart (1994)
- The World at Large: New and Selected Poems, 1971-1996 (1996)
- Capacity (2006)
- If You Can Tell: Poems (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- densely compacted languageallusive and suggestive phrasinguse of varying line lengths
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryfamilydeathSouthern California landscapeland/real estate
Legacy
James L. McMichael is regarded as an American poet noted for compact, allusive language and significant contributions to university teaching. His 2006 collection Capacity was a National Book Award poetry finalist, marking him as an important voice in contemporary poetry.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets (associated)
Archives
- Related materials possibly held at University of California, Irvine archives
Quotes
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McMichael writes densely; his language is compacted, coiled, sprung (in Hopkins's sense) and highly allusive. It is never simple or straightforward.
Source: Liz Rosenberg (Boston Globe review) (2006) -
Since 1980, his sole contributions to the genre (excluding a "new and selected") have been three book-length poems, each strikingly different... In Capacity, he has exchanged the long lines and explicit autobiography of the previous two for dispassion, elision and lines as short as a syllable.
Source: Eric McHenry (The New York Times review) (2006)
Trivia
- Born in 1939 in Pasadena, California.
- Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at University of California, Irvine.
- Has three children: Robert, Geoffrey, and Owen.
- Capacity (2006) was a National Book Award finalist for Poetry.