National Poetry Series
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Mark Yakich
マーク・ヤキチ
Mark Yakich
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Orleans, Louisiana → Lisbon, Portugal — Fulbright fellowship (resident) → Aix-en-Provence, France — Resident Fellow
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, painter, professor of English, editor
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- Loyola University New Orleans
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | National Poetry Series | Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞（5点の受賞作の一つ） |
| 2006 | Snowbound Chapbook Award | The Making of Collateral Beauty | チャップブック | Snowbound / Tupelo Press | 受賞 |
| 2011 | National Book Critics Circle — Small Press Highlight | A Meaning for Wife | — | National Book Critics Circle | 2011年のNo.1 Small Press Highlightに選出 |
| 2011 | Fulbright Fellowship | — | — | Fulbright Program | 受賞（2011–2012年度） |
| 2019 | Dux Academicus | — | — | Loyola University New Orleans | 大学の教員による最高栄誉（Dux Academicus）受賞 |
National Poetry Series
2003
Work:
Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞（5点の受賞作の一つ）
Snowbound Chapbook Award
2006
Work:
The Making of Collateral Beauty
Category:
チャップブック
Organization:
Snowbound / Tupelo Press
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle — Small Press Highlight
2011
Work:
A Meaning for Wife
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
2011年のNo.1 Small Press Highlightに選出
Fulbright Fellowship
2011
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
受賞（2011–2012年度）
Dux Academicus
2019
Organization:
Loyola University New Orleans
Result:
大学の教員による最高栄誉（Dux Academicus）受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross
2004 poetryA collection of poems that weaves moments of everyday life and fragments of relationships, notable for its wit and observational voice.
everyday liferelationshipsobservation
The Making of Collateral Beauty
2006 poetry (chapbook)A chapbook of poems that develops sharp metaphors and images within a compact form.
beautyabsenceimagery
The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine
2008 poetryA set of poems that oscillate between the quotidian and the international, anchored by the titular image.
everyday lifeinternational perspectiveirony
Green Zone New Orleans
2008 poetryA poetry collection dealing with memory and the sense of place in New Orleans.
sense of placecitymemory
Checking In/Checking Out
2011 poetryA poetry collection themed around travel and transit—hotels, movement, and the relationships of mobility.
travelmobilityspace
A Meaning for Wife
2011 novelYakich's first novel—depicts domestic life and relationships with humor and keen observation.
familyrelationshipshumor
Poetry: A Survivor's Guide
2015 criticism / guideA practical guide to writing and reading poetry—intended as a handbook for learning and teaching poetry.
poetry crafteducationpractice
Airplane Reading
2016 essays / anthologyAn anthology of travel- and flight-related stories, connected to the Airplane Reading media project Yakich co-founded.
travelflightmobility
Spiritual Exercises
2019 poetryA collection of poems engaging with spirituality and introspection, often using religious and spiritual imagery.
spiritualityintrospectionimagery
Football (Soccer)
2022 criticism / non-fictionAn essayistic work about soccer, exploring the relations among sport, culture, and language.
sportsculturelanguage
Bibliography
- Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross
- The Making of Collateral Beauty
- The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine
- Green Zone New Orleans
- Checking In/Checking Out
- A Meaning for Wife
- Poetry: A Survivor's Guide
- Airplane Reading
- The Dangerous Book of Poetry for Planes
- Interviews from the Edge: 50 Years of Conversations about Writing and Resistance
- Spiritual Exercises
- Football (Soccer)
- Poetry: A Survivor's Guide (Second ed.)
- Little Data (with Christopher Schaberg)
- The Poetry Reader: An Anthology
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- conversational, witty voiceimage-driven, observational minimalismuse of humor and irony
- Recurring Motifs
- travel and mobilitydetails of everyday lifespirituality and introspection
Legacy
Known for intersecting poetry, teaching, and editing from a New Orleans base. As co-founder of Airplane Reading and a prolific author and educator, he is recognized as a pragmatic voice in contemporary American poetry.
Trivia
- Co-founder of Airplane Reading, a venue collecting stories about travel and flight.
- Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans and director of the Center for Editing & Publishing.
- Editor of New Orleans Review from 2012 to 2020.
- Fulbright Fellow (2011–12), taught in Lisbon.
- Awarded Loyola University's Dux Academicus in 2019.