Mary Biddinger
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Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974, in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic.
Biography
Mary Biddinger received an Honors B.A. in English with a Creative Writing Subconcentration from the University of Michigan. She also holds a MFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. in English with a Creative Dissertation from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Biddinger is the author of the poetry collections Prairie Fever (Steel Toe Books, 2007),{{Cite web |url=http://www.wku.edu/~tom.hunley/steeltoebooks/prairiefever.htm |title=Steel Toe Books - Prairie Fever by Mary Biddinger |access-date=2009-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305115643/http://www.wku.edu/~tom.hunley/steeltoebooks/prairiefever.htm |archive-date=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead }} Saint Monica (Black Lawrence Press, 2011),{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacklawrence.com/saint-monica/|title=Saint Monica|date=April 2011}} O Holy Insurgency (Black Lawrence Press, 2013),{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacklawrence.com/o-holy-insurgency/|title = O Holy Insurgency|date = 26 February 2013}} and A Sunny Place with Adequate Water (Black Lawrence Press, 2014).{{Cite web|url=http://www.blacklawrence.com/a-sunny-place-with-adequate-water/|title=A Sunny Place with Adequate Water|date=15 May 2014}} Her poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including Copper Nickel, Crazyhorse, Guernica,{{Cite web|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/risk-management-memo-continuing-education/|title = Risk Management Memo: Continuing Education|date = November 2012}} Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, 32 poems, Ninth Letter, North American Review, Ploughshares,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1981|title = Read by Author | Ploughshares}} and Third Coast. Biddinger is the recipient of a 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry.
She is a professor in the Department of English[http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/artsci/depts/english/bios/biddinger.php Biography. Biddinger] uakron.edu {{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the University of Akron, and was Director of the NEOMFA: Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program from 2009 to 2012. Biddinger teaches courses in poetry writing, craft and theory of poetry, and literature.
Biddinger is the editor of the Akron Series in Poetry,[http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/poetry.html University of Akron Press. Poetry] uakron.edu {{dead link|date=June 2023}} which sponsors the annual Akron Poetry Prize[http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprize.html Poetry Prize] University of Akron {{dead link|date=June 2023}} and publishes three poetry collections every year. Biddinger also serves as co-editor, with John Gallaher, of the Akron Series in Contemporary Poetics at the University of Akron Press. The first volume, titled [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1931968918 The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics], was published in January 2011.
In 2007, Biddinger founded Barn Owl Review, an independent literary magazine published in Akron, Ohio.
Awards
- National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry (2014){{cite web |url=http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Fall_2014_Literature_Fellowships.pdf |title=Fall 2014 Literature Fellowships|website=arts.gov|access-date=3 June 2023}}
- Two Ohio Arts Council Individual Creativity Excellence Awards{{Cite web|url=https://www.uakron.edu/about_ua/news_media/news_details.dot|title=UA in the News / Recent Headlines|website=The University of Akron, Ohio|access-date=3 June 2023}}
- Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (2005)[http://www.state.il.us/agency/Iac/news/Archive/PR-%20Literary%20Awards%20%2705.htm Literary Awards] state.il.us {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
- Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Service Award (2008){{cite web |url=http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/artsci/docs/NewsCapsulesFall2008(WebVersion).pdf |title=University of Acron|website=www.uakron.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225230/http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/artsci/docs/NewsCapsulesFall2008%28WebVersion%29.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-27}}
Works
- Prairie Fever, 2007, Steel Toe Books
- Saint Monica, 2011, Black Lawrence Press
- O Holy Insurgency, 2013, Black Lawrence Press
- A Sunny Place with Adequate Water, 2014, Black Lawrence Press
- Small Enterprise, 2015, Black Lawrence Press
- The Czar (with Jay Robinson), 2016, Black Lawrence Press
- Partial Genius, 2019, Black Lawrence Press
- Department of Elegy, 2022, Black Lawrence Press
References
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External links
- Mary Biddinger's poem [http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=2&si=49&s=3018 "Risk Management Memo: Small Enterprise" in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (25.1)].
- [http://www.marybiddinger.com Mary Biddinger's Website]
- [http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/artsci/depts/english/bios/biddinger.php Biddinger's profile on the University of Akron Website]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201073851/http://www.ysu.edu/neomfa/faculty.htm#biddinger Biddinger's profile at the NEOMFA Website]
- [http://www.pw.org/content/mary_biddinger Biddinger's profile at Poets & Writers]
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