James Laughlin Award
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (2008) Winner
Rusty Morrison
ラスティ・モリソン
Rusty Morrison
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956-07-12
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Oakland, California → Richmond, California → Moraga, California → San Francisco, California
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Publisher, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Omnidawn Publishing (co-founder), University of San Francisco (MFA program, instructor), Saint Mary's College (Poet in Residence)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills College | College of Arts and Humanities | English | B.A. | — | United States |
| Saint Mary's College of California | Graduate School | Creative Writing (Poetry) | M.F.A. | — | United States |
| California State University, San Francisco | Graduate School | Education | M.A. | — | United States |
Mills College
College of Arts and Humanities
/ English
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
Saint Mary's College of California
Graduate School
/ Creative Writing (Poetry)
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
Later served as Poet in Residence at the same college
California State University, San Francisco
Graduate School
/ Education
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Adelle Foley Award | — | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Fellowship Award (Vermont Studio Center) | — | — | Vermont Studio Center | フェローシップ（レジデンシー） |
| 2010 | Dorset Prize | After Urgency | — | Tupelo Press | 受賞 |
| 2009 | George Bogin Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Northern California Book Award (Poetry) | the true keeps calm biding its story | — | Northern California Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2008 | James Laughlin Award | the true keeps calm biding its story | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Sawtooth Poetry Prize | the true keeps calm biding its story | — | Ahsahta Press (Boise State University) | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Alice Di Castagnola Memorial Award | Manuscript in progress (the true keeps calm biding its story) | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Cecil Hemley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Colorado Prize for Poetry | Whethering | — | Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Robert H. Winner Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Lori & Deke Hunter Fellowship) | — | — | Djerassi Resident Artists Program | フェローシップ（レジデンシー） |
Adelle Foley Award
2022
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Fellowship Award (Vermont Studio Center)
2012
Organization:
Vermont Studio Center
Result:
フェローシップ（レジデンシー）
Dorset Prize
2010
Work:
After Urgency
Organization:
Tupelo Press
Result:
受賞
George Bogin Memorial Award
2009
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Northern California Book Award (Poetry)
2009
Work:
the true keeps calm biding its story
Organization:
Northern California Book Awards
Result:
受賞
James Laughlin Award
2008
Work:
the true keeps calm biding its story
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Sawtooth Poetry Prize
2007
Work:
the true keeps calm biding its story
Organization:
Ahsahta Press (Boise State University)
Result:
受賞
Alice Di Castagnola Memorial Award
2007
Work:
Manuscript in progress (the true keeps calm biding its story)
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
2006
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Colorado Prize for Poetry
2004
Work:
Whethering
Organization:
Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University
Result:
受賞
Robert H. Winner Award
2003
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Lori & Deke Hunter Fellowship)
2002
Organization:
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Result:
フェローシップ（レジデンシー）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Beyond the Chain Link
2014 PoetryA collection exploring boundaries, otherness, and memory, notable for experimental language and bodily imagery.
boundariesmemoryembodiment
After Urgency
2012 PoetryPoems that examine language and relationships after moments of urgency. Winner at Tupelo Press.
languagerelationshipsurgency
Book of the Given
2011 Poetry (Chapbook)A compact, fragmentary collection reflecting on what is given; issued as a chapbook.
receptivityfragmentationvalue of words
the true keeps calm biding its story
2008 PoetryA book meditating on truth and the quiet of narrative, noted for poetic experimentation and layered voices.
truthnarrativevoice
Whethering
2004 PoetryPoetic meditations on choice, possibility, and weather/ change. Winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry.
choicechangenature
Bibliography
- Whethering (2004)
- the true keeps calm biding its story (2008)
- Book of the Given (chapbook, 2011)
- After Urgency (2012)
- Beyond the Chain Link (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental narrationfragmentary and condensed versefocus on corporeality
- Recurring Motifs
- body/disabilitymemory and voiceboundaries and otherness
Health
-
Hepatitis C20代に感染、その後の年月で診断と治療に至るLed to a developed interest in disability-related issues that influenced her writing.
Legacy
Rusty Morrison is known for experimental, body-focused poetry and has received multiple major poetry awards. She has also contributed to independent publishing as co-founder of Omnidawn Publishing in 2001.
Trivia
- Co-founded Omnidawn Publishing in 2001 with her husband Ken Keegan.
- Frequently addresses disability and embodiment in her poetry.