Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
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Edition 12 (2002) Winner
Maureen N. McLane
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Maureen N. McLane
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-12-24 （Upstate New York）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Upstate New York → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Critic, Professor
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Affiliations
- New York University, Boston Review, Grey
- Nominations
- National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in Autobiography (My Poets, 2012), Lambda Literary Award Finalist (Same Life, 2008)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | History and Literature | — | — | United States |
| University of Oxford | — | — | MPhil | — | United Kingdom |
| University of Chicago | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
History and Literature
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United States
Undergraduate
University of Oxford
Degree:
MPhil
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholar
University of Chicago
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
Graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | National Book Critics Circle Nona Balakian Award for Excellence in Book Reviewing | — | 書評 | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Golden Dozen Award | — | 教育賞 | New York University College of Arts and Sciences | 受賞 |
| 2023 | James Merrill House Fellowship | — | — | James Merrill House | 受賞 |
National Book Critics Circle Nona Balakian Award for Excellence in Book Reviewing
2003
Category:
書評
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Golden Dozen Award
2012
Category:
教育賞
Organization:
New York University College of Arts and Sciences
Result:
受賞
James Merrill House Fellowship
2023
Organization:
James Merrill House
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
World Enough: poems
2010 PoetryPoetry collection selected by Paul Muldoon as a best poetry book of the year in The New Yorker.
NatureLife
My Poets
2012 Memoir/CriticismHybrid of memoir and criticism, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography.
PoetsLiterary History
This Blue: poems
2014 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Same Life: poems (2008)
- World Enough: poems (2010)
- This Blue: poems (2014)
- Mz N: the serial (2016)
- Some Say: poems (2017)
- What I'm Looking For: selected poems 2005-2017 (2019)
- More Anon: Selected Poems (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Roving, amphibious intelligenceAt home in the essay and the fragment, the polemic and the elegy
- Recurring Motifs
- Brain and mindMeaning of poems
Legacy
Prominent figure in contemporary American poetry, acclaimed for groundbreaking hybrid works.
Trivia
- Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.