American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (2001) Winner
Janet McAdams
ジャネット・マクアダムス
Janet McAdams
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- null
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Alabama (studies/work) → Oklahoma (work) → Kenyon, Ohio (work) → El Salvador (work)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, professor, editor, writer
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- University of Alabama (faculty), University of Oklahoma (faculty), Kenyon College (Robert P. Hubbard Professor of Poetry), Salt Publishing (editor, Earthworks series)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | — | United States |
| Emory University | — | Comparative Literature (focused on American Indian poetry) | PhD | — | United States |
University of Alabama
Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Received an MFA in creative writing
Emory University
Comparative Literature (focused on American Indian poetry)
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD studies focused on American Indian poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | American Book Award | The Island of Lost Luggage | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1999 | First Book Award for Poetry (Native Writers' Circle of the Americas) | The Island of Lost Luggage | — | Native Writers' Circle of the Americas | 受賞 |
American Book Award
2001
Work:
The Island of Lost Luggage
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
First Book Award for Poetry (Native Writers' Circle of the Americas)
1999
Work:
The Island of Lost Luggage
Organization:
Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Island of Lost Luggage
2000 PoetryA collection of poems weaving Native American perspectives into fragmented images and voices exploring loss and belonging.
lossbelongingNative identitymemory
Feral
2007 PoetryA poetic exploration of boundaries between wildness and civilization, and tensions between the individual and community.
wildnessboundariescommunity
Red Weather
2012 NovelA novel about a Native American woman's journey to a small Central American country in search of her activist parents; a story where political memory and personal history intersect.
journeypolitical memoryidentity
Bibliography
- The Island of Lost Luggage (poetry)
- Feral (poetry)
- Red Weather (novel)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalimage-drivenconversational tone
- Recurring Motifs
- belonging and absencejourney and movementnature and land memoryNative voices
Legacy
Janet McAdams is regarded as an important voice in Native American poetry, with award-winning work such as The Island of Lost Luggage. Through teaching and editorial work she has supported younger Native writers.
Academic Societies
- Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
Trivia
- Served as editor for Salt Publishing's Earthworks series.
- Has worked in a variety of jobs including telephone operator, cartographer, camp counselor, maid, cook, and exercise instructor for people with developmental disabilities.
- Identifies ancestry as Alabama Creek (Muscogee), Scottish, and Irish.