James Laughlin Award
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (1989) Winner
Minnie Bruce Pratt
ミニー・ブルース・プラット
Minī Burūsu Puratto
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1946-09-12 （Selma, Alabama）
- Died
- 2023-07-02 （Syracuse, New York） age 76
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Centreville, Alabama (grew up) → Syracuse, New York (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, educator, activist, essayist, professor (Writing and Women's Studies)
- Active Years
- 1975-2023
- Affiliations
- Syracuse University, Union Institute & University (distance education), National Writers Union, Workers World (newspaper)
- Memberships
- National Writers Union, Poetry Society of America (associated)
- Influenced By
- Audre Lorde, Chrystos
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | English literature | PhD | — | United States |
University of Alabama
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English literature
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
PhD in English literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Lamont Poetry Selection | Crime Against Nature | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 1991 | American Library Association Gay and Lesbian Book Award in Literature | Crime Against Nature | — | American Library Association | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Hellman/Hammett award | — | — | Fund for Free Expression | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Lucille Medwick Memorial Award | "Picking Up a Job Application" (poem) | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Poetry) | The Dirt She Ate | — | Lambda Literary | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Fellowship in Poetry, New Jersey State Council on the Arts | — | — | New Jersey State Council on the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Audre Lorde Award (Publishing Triangle) | Inside the Money Machine | — | Publishing Triangle | 受賞 |
Lamont Poetry Selection
1989
Work:
Crime Against Nature
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry
1990
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
American Library Association Gay and Lesbian Book Award in Literature
1991
Work:
Crime Against Nature
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
受賞
Hellman/Hammett award
1991
Organization:
Fund for Free Expression
Result:
受賞
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
2002
Work:
"Picking Up a Job Application" (poem)
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Poetry)
2003
Work:
The Dirt She Ate
Organization:
Lambda Literary
Result:
受賞
Fellowship in Poetry, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2005
Organization:
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Result:
受賞
Audre Lorde Award (Publishing Triangle)
2011
Work:
Inside the Money Machine
Organization:
Publishing Triangle
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1991) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Sound of One Fork
1981 PoetryEarly poetry collection combining personal experience with social themes.
personal historysocial issues
Crime Against Nature
1990 Essays / MemoirNonfiction account of losing custody of her children because of her lesbianism, interwoven with reflections on race, class, and gender.
familydiscriminationgenderlaw and society
S/HE
1995 PoetryA meditation on gender fluidity and identity.
genderidentity
Walking Back Up Depot Street: Poems
1999 PoetryPoems that intersect locality and personal memory. Named Best Gay and Lesbian Book of the Year by ForeWord in 2000.
memorylocalityidentity
The Dirt She Ate
2003 Poetry (selected)Collection of selected and new poems. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry.
politicslaborlesbian experience
Inside the Money Machine
2011 PoetryA poetic critique of capitalism and economic oppression.
critique of capitalismeconomic inequality
Magnified
2021 PoetryA collection born out of grief and memory following the death of her longtime partner Leslie Feinberg.
mourningmemoryrelationships
Bibliography
- The Sound of One Fork (1981)
- We Say We Love Each Other (1985)
- Crime Against Nature (1990)
- Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991 (1991)
- S/HE (1995)
- Walking Back Up Depot Street: Poems (1999)
- The Money Machine: Selected Poems (2003)
- The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems (2003)
- Inside the Money Machine (2011)
- Magnified (2021)
Adaptations
- The Transexual Menace (appearance)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical yet politically urgent stylecombines personal experience with structural analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- gender and identityclass and laborfamily and loss
Health
-
glioblastoma2023（公表された末期の健康問題）Received palliative care in 2023 and died the same year
Legacy
Minnie Bruce Pratt is regarded as a poet and activist who addressed feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, class, and race through poetry and essays. As an educator she contributed to the development of gender studies and LGBT studies.
Academic Societies
- Poetry Society of America
Archives
- Duke University, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Minnie Bruce Pratt Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's documentary 'The Transexual Menace'
Trivia
- After her 1975 divorce she lost custody of her children because of laws criminalizing homosexual activity at the time.
- Married longtime partner Leslie Feinberg in 2011; Feinberg died in 2014.
- Repeatedly wrote about race, class, gender, and sexuality in her poetry and essays.