National Poetry Series
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1982) Winner
Jane Miller
ジェーン・ミラー
Jane Miller
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- null （New York (state), U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Born in New York (state), U.S. → Tucson, Arizona, U.S. (resident) → Austin, Texas (Visiting Poet at the Michener Center)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, University professor, Visiting poet
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona Creative Writing Program (professor, former director), The University of Texas Michener Center (Visiting Poet), Copper Canyon Press (publisher)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | National Poetry Series (selection) | The Great Leisures | — | National Poetry Series | 選出 |
| 1993 | Western States Book Award | August Zero | — | Western States Book Awards | 受賞 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ（2度） |
| — | Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award | — | — | Lila Wallace Reader's Digest | 受賞 |
| — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| 2006 | Audre Lorde Award | — | — | Audre Lorde Award organization | 受賞 |
National Poetry Series (selection)
1983
Work:
The Great Leisures
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
選出
Western States Book Award
1993
Work:
August Zero
Organization:
Western States Book Awards
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ（2度）
Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Award
Organization:
Lila Wallace Reader's Digest
Result:
受賞
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
Audre Lorde Award
2006
Organization:
Audre Lorde Award organization
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Who Is Trixie the Trasher? and Other Questions
2018 PoetryA late-career collection of poems addressing memory, everyday life, and personal questions.
memoryeveryday lifeself-inquiry
Thunderbird
2013 PoetryA mid‑career collection weaving nature and mythic imagery.
naturemythtransformation
A Palace of Pearls
2005 PoetryA volume rich in metaphor and vivid imagery.
imagerymetaphormemory
Wherever You Lay Your Head
1999 PoetryPoems exploring movement and notions of place.
placemovementidentity
Memory at These Speeds: New and Selected Poems
1996 Poetry (new and selected)A retrospective volume containing new and selected poems, focused on memory and time.
memorytimerelationships
August Zero
1993 PoetryA collection marked by intense imagery and emotion; known as an award-winning work.
emotionimagerypersonal experience
American Odalisque
1987 PoetryContains poems engaging with American culture and themes of femininity.
culturefemininitycritique
The Great Leisures
1983 PoetrySelected for the National Poetry Series; noted for vivid sensory description.
sensory experiencedaily lifeobservation
Many Junipers
1980 PoetryOne of her early collections, with poems on nature and memory.
naturememory
Black Holes Black Stockings
PoetryHeartbeats
PoetryBibliography
- Who Is Trixie the Trasher? and Other Questions
- Thunderbird
- A Palace of Pearls
- Wherever You Lay Your Head
- Memory at These Speeds: New and Selected Poems
- August Zero
- American Odalisque
- The Great Leisures
- Many Junipers
- Black Holes Black Stockings
- Heartbeats
- Working Time: Essays on Poetry, Culture, and Travel
- Seven Mediterraneans
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyric, image-driven styleFragmentary / stream-of-consciousness structuresUse of metaphor and concrete description
- Recurring Motifs
- memorynight / midnightsbody and relationshipstravel / movement
Legacy
Jane Miller is a significant figure in contemporary American poetry; through her teaching, publications, and awards she has influenced younger poets. She is known for sensory, lyrical work.
Quotes
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Poet Jane Miller collaborates with artist Beverly Pepper on a highly personal journey through the debris of the poet’s crumbling relationship, and her mother’s descent into illness.
Source: Brandeis University Press (review) (2008) -
A major accomplishment of Jane Miller’s Midnights is that she rescues middle-of-the-night ideas from worn-out truisms and offers them as the torturous realities they can be in experience.
Source: Boston Review (review by Karen Volkman) (1998)
Trivia
- Collaborated with artist Beverly Pepper on a joint work.
- The Great Leisures was selected for the National Poetry Series.
- Longtime faculty member and former director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Arizona.
- Served as Visiting Poet at the University of Texas Michener Center.