National Poetry Series
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1987) Winner
Jeffrey Skinner
ジェフリー・スキナー
Jefurī Sukinā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, playwright, emeritus professor, editorial consultant
- Affiliations
- University of Louisville, Department of English (Emeritus), Sarabande Books (Editorial Consultant; Chair, Board of Directors)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Arts and Letters Award in Literature | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1987 | National Poetry Series | A Guide to Forgetting | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Paw Paw Village Players Short Play Competition | Damned Spot | — | Paw Paw Village Players | 受賞 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts (grant) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
| — | Ingram Merrill Foundation (grant) | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | 助成 |
| — | Howard Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Howard Foundation | 受賞/助成 |
| — | State arts agency grants (Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky) | — | — | — | 助成 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
2014
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Arts and Letters Award in Literature
2015
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
National Poetry Series
1987
Work:
A Guide to Forgetting
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
Paw Paw Village Players Short Play Competition
2006
Work:
Damned Spot
Organization:
Paw Paw Village Players
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts (grant)
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
助成
Ingram Merrill Foundation (grant)
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
助成
Howard Foundation Fellowship
Organization:
Howard Foundation
Result:
受賞/助成
State arts agency grants (Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky)
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Late Stars
1985 PoetryAn early collection of poems interweaving personal memory and observations of nature.
memorynaturepersonal recollection
A Guide to Forgetting
1987 PoetryWinner of the National Poetry Series; a collection addressing loss and forgetting.
lossforgettingfamily
The Company of Heaven
1992 PoetryA poetry collection exploring spirituality and transcendent imagery.
spiritualityreligious imagery
Gender Studies
2002 PoetryContains poems touching on gender and identity.
genderidentity
Salt Water Amnesia
2005 PoetryA fragmented collection revolving around amnesia and marine imagery.
amnesiasealoss
Six Point Five Practices of Moderately Successful Poets
2012 PoetryPoems reflecting on craft and the experiences of being a working poet, with humor and seriousness.
poetic craftprofessional writerhumor
Glaciology
2013 PoetryA metaphor-rich collection using ice and change as central motifs.
changenaturetime
Divine Chance
2017 PoetryPoems about the intersection of chance, fate, and belief.
chancefatebelief
I Offer this Container: New & Selected Poems
2017 Poetry (New & Selected)A collection combining new poems with selected work from earlier books.
retrospectionprojectsgrowth
Sober Ghost
2024 PoetryA recent collection addressing addiction, recovery, and self-confrontation through ghostly metaphors.
addictionrecoveryghosts
Bibliography
- Late Stars (1985)
- A Guide to Forgetting (1987)
- The Company of Heaven (1992)
- Gender Studies (2002)
- Salt Water Amnesia (2005)
- Six Point Five Practices of Moderately Successful Poets (2012)
- Glaciology (2013)
- Divine Chance (2017)
- I Offer this Container: New & Selected Poems (2017)
- Sober Ghost (2024)
Adaptations
- Play 'Damned Spot' — won the 2006 Paw Paw Village Players short play competition
- Play 'Dream On' — premiered in full production in Philadelphia in 2007 (Cardboard Box Collaborative Theatre)
- Play 'Down Range' — received a full production in New York City in 2009
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, image-driven poetrypersonal and contemplative languagecombines humor with careful observation
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and forgettingaddiction and recoverynature (sea, ice)mentor-mentee relationships
Legacy
Jeffrey Skinner is an American contemporary poet and playwright who has influenced students and writers through teaching and editorial work. A Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he has supported emerging poets via his leadership role at Sarabande Books.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (award-related)
Trivia
- Serves as Chair of the Board and Editorial Consultant for Sarabande Books (his wife Sarah Gorham is a founder).
- Served as Poet-in-Residence at the James Merrill House in 2002.
- His poems/readings have been featured several times on National Public Radio.
- Several of his plays were finalists in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Conference competition.
- Has held residencies at Yaddo, The Frost Place, and the MacDowell Colony.