Oregon Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1990) Winner
Maxine Scates
マキシーン・スケイツ
Maxine Scates
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- null （Los Angeles, California, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles (born) → Eugene, Oregon (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Academic
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Reed College (faculty), Lewis & Clark College (former affiliation)
- Influenced By
- Ann Stanford, David Trinidad
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State University, Northridge | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University of Oregon | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | 1973–1975 | United States |
California State University, Northridge
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Studied with Ann Stanford
University of Oregon
Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1973–1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Received MFA in poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize | Toluca Street | — | University of Pittsburgh Press | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Oregon Book Award (Poetry) | — | 詩 | Oregon Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Lyre Prize | Black Loam | — | Cherry Grove Collections | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
| — | MacDowell Colony Fellowship | — | — | MacDowell Colony | フェロー |
| — | Oregon Arts Commission and Literary Arts Fellowship | — | — | Oregon Arts Commission / Literary Arts | フェロー |
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
1988
Work:
Toluca Street
Organization:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Result:
受賞
Oregon Book Award (Poetry)
1990
Category:
詩
Organization:
Oregon Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Lyre Prize
2004
Work:
Black Loam
Organization:
Cherry Grove Collections
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2010
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2016
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
MacDowell Colony Fellowship
Organization:
MacDowell Colony
Result:
フェロー
Oregon Arts Commission and Literary Arts Fellowship
Organization:
Oregon Arts Commission / Literary Arts
Result:
フェロー
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Toluca Street
1989 PoetryEarly collection of poems focusing on memory, family, and urban life with lyrical intensity.
memoryfamilyurban life
Black Loam
2005 PoetryA collection exploring land, roots, and connections to nature. Recipient of the Lyre Prize.
landrootsnature
Undone
2011 PoetryA book of poems weaving personal loss, renewal, and fragments of daily life.
lossrenewalfragments of daily life
My Wilderness
2021 PoetryA recent collection that delves into the relationship between self and nature from a mature perspective.
natureselfmaturity
Bibliography
- Toluca Street
- Black Loam
- Undone
- My Wilderness
- Editor (with David Trinidad): Holding Our Own: The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, image-drivenConcise poetic narration
- Recurring Motifs
- land and memoryfragments of familynatural imagery
Legacy
An important contemporary American poet based in Oregon, influential as both a writer and teacher. Recognized by multiple awards for work that probes memory and the poetics of place.
Trivia
- Taught for many years at institutions including Reed College.
- Received the Pushcart Prize in 2010 and 2016.
- Co-edited the selected poems of Ann Stanford with David Trinidad.
- Lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband William Cadbury.