National Poetry Series
1 appearances
Juliana Spahr
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Juliana Spahr
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966-01-01 （Chillicothe, Ohio, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, editor, professor
- Active Years
- 1994-
- Affiliations
- Siena College (faculty), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (faculty), Mills College (faculty), Commune Editions (co-founder)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bard College | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University at Buffalo (The State University of New York) | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
Bard College
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University at Buffalo (The State University of New York)
English
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | National Poetry Series Award | Response | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
| 2009 | O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize | — | — | Folger Shakespeare Library | 受賞 |
National Poetry Series Award
1996
Work:
Response
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
2009
Organization:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 41 (2020) Winner
Works
Major Works
Nuclear
1994 PoetryAn early experimental poetry collection exploring language, form, and political themes.
experimental poetrylanguagepolitics
Response
1996 PoetryHer first collection, awarded the National Poetry Series; emphasizes collective reading and shared voices.
communityvalue of readingpolitics of expression
This Connection of Everyone With Lungs
2005 PoetryA long-form work using breath and shared experience as motifs to connect individual, collective, political, and environmental concerns.
breathcollectivityenvironment
Well Then There Now
2011 PoetryContinues her linguistic experiments and political concerns, intersecting form with social issues.
language experimentationpoliticscommunity
That Winter The Wolf Came
2015 Poetry / political prose hybridDocuments participation in the Occupy movement and examines social movements and cultural recognition through poetic forms.
social movementspolitical poetrydocumentation
Everybody’s Autonomy: Connective Reading and Collective Identity
2001 Criticism / theoryA critical study on connective reading and collective identity examining the relationship between poetry and criticism.
reading theorycollectivitypoetics
Bibliography
- Nuclear (1994)
- Response (1996)
- Spiderwasp or Literary Criticism (1998)
- Fuck You-Aloha-I Love You (2001)
- Things of Each Possible Relation Hashing Against One Another (2003)
- This Connection of Everyone With Lungs (2005)
- Well Then There Now (2011)
- That Winter The Wolf Came (2015)
- An Army of Lovers (with David Buuck)
- The Transformation (2007)
- Everybody's Autonomy: Connective Reading and Collective Identity (2001)
- Du Bois's Telegram: Literary Resistance and State Containment (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental/avant-garde poetrypolitically engaged poetryinterdisciplinary mixing of criticism and poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- collectivity and collective readingbreath and corporealitysocial movements and political actionenvironmental concerns
Legacy
Juliana Spahr has demonstrated the possibilities of collective reading and politically engaged poetry through her work in both poetics and criticism; she has influenced contemporary American poetry through teaching, editing, and projects such as co-founding Commune Editions.
Trivia
- Born in Chillicothe, Ohio (1966).
- Active as a poet, critic, and editor.
- Co-founded Commune Editions to publish poetry connected to political action.
- Recipient of the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize (2009).