James Laughlin Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (1986) Winner
Jane Shore
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Jane Shore
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cambridge, Massachusetts → New Jersey → Oahu, Hawaii → East Calais, Vermont → Chevy Chase, Maryland
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor
- Active Years
- 1969-
- Affiliations
- George Washington University (English Department), Harvard University (Briggs-Copeland Lecturer), Radcliffe Institute (Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Elizabeth Bishop
- Nominations
- 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award (Music Minus One)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Radcliffe College | — | — | — | — | United States |
Goddard College
Country:
United States
Moved from Goddard to the Iowa Writers' Workshop
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Country:
United States
Attended the writers' workshop for poetry
Radcliffe College
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
Studied under Elizabeth Bishop
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Juniper Prize | Eye Level | — | University of Massachusetts Press | winner |
| 1986 | Lamont Poetry Prize | The Minute Hand | — | University of Massachusetts Press / Academy of American Poets | winner |
| 1996 | National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) | Music Minus One | — | National Book Critics Circle | finalist |
| 1991 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | recipient |
| — | NEA grants | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | recipient (複数回) |
| — | Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute fellowship (poetry) | — | — | Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute | fellow |
| — | Alfred Hodder Fellow (Princeton University) | — | — | Princeton University | fellow |
Juniper Prize
1977
Work:
Eye Level
Organization:
University of Massachusetts Press
Result:
winner
Lamont Poetry Prize
1986
Work:
The Minute Hand
Organization:
University of Massachusetts Press / Academy of American Poets
Result:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist)
1996
Work:
Music Minus One
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
finalist
Guggenheim Fellowship
1991
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
recipient
NEA grants
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
recipient (複数回)
Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute fellowship (poetry)
Organization:
Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute
Result:
fellow
Alfred Hodder Fellow (Princeton University)
Organization:
Princeton University
Result:
fellow
Awards & Nominations
Poets' Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Lying Down in the Olive Press
1969 PoetryEarly collection featuring poems that focus on personal landscapes and everyday details.
personal historyeveryday lifememory
Eye Level
1977 PoetryPublished 1977; poems observing emotions and scenes from an 'eye-level' perspective.
observationselfdomestic life
The Minute Hand
1987 PoetryA collection centered on time, domestic life, and personal memory; winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize.
timefamilymemory
Music Minus One
1996 Poetry1996 collection using musical imagery and themes of absence; finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
musicabsenceloss
Happy Family: Poems
1999 PoetryA series of poems focusing on family and intimate relationships.
familyrelationshipsintimacy
A yes-or-no answer
2008 PoetryCollection exploring questions and answers in concise language.
questioningresponseeveryday life
That said: new and selected poems
2012 Poetry (new and selected)A selected volume combining new poems with representative work, surveying her poetic career.
retrospectionpersonal historyeveryday life
Bibliography
- Lying Down in the Olive Press
- Eye Level
- The Minute Hand
- Music Minus One
- Happy Family: Poems
- A yes-or-no answer: poems
- That said: new and selected poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- clear, observational voicelyric yet narrative diction
- Recurring Motifs
- home and familymemoryobjects of daily lifemusic
Legacy
Jane Shore is a notable contemporary American poet and educator whose work, focusing on everyday detail, family, and memory, has earned multiple prizes and fellowships. She has also influenced generations of students as a university professor.
Trivia
- Married writer Howard Norman in 1984.
- Has a daughter, Emma, born in 1988.
- A 2003 tragedy involving poet Reetika Vazirani, who was housesitting at the Normans' Chevy Chase home, has been reported in connection with Shore's household.