Myra Schneider
{{short description|British poet (born 1936)}}
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Myra Schneider (born 1936) is a British poet.Vianu, Lidia. I passionately believe in books: interview with Myra Schneider.[http://www.scriptomania.com scriptomania.com] She grew up in Scotland, London, and Sussex and read English at London University. She has worked for an educational publisher and as a teacher in a comprehensive school and a tutor to people with literacy problems, as well as working for many years with severely disabled adults. She lives in London with her husband, a retired computer consultant, and they have one son.
Career
After writing mainly fiction for some years, Myra Schneider had her first collection of poetry (Fistful of Yellow Hope, Littlewood Arc) published in 1984. In addition to many poems published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, 11 other poetry publications have appeared since then: Cat Therapy (1986), Cathedral of Birds (1988) and Crossing Point (1991), all from Littlewood Arc; Opening the Ice (1990, Smith Doorstep) with Ann Dancy; Exits (1991), The Panic Bird (1998), Insisting on Yellow (2000), Multiplying the Moon (2004);Lindop, Grevel. Suggesting the soul. London Magazine August/September 2005.Woodford, Anna. Review of Multiplying the Moon. Poetry London 2006, 53: 36-7. Circling the Core (2008),;Crucefix, Martyn. Review of Circling the Core. The North 2010, 44: 77-8. and The Door to Colour (2014), all from Enitharmon;[http://www.enitharmon.co.uk Enitharmon Press website] Becoming (2007), What Women Want (2012)Gabbitas, Jacqueline. Listening to voices. An interview with Myra Schneider. Brittle Star 2005, 11: 13. and Persephone in Finsbury Park (2016) from Second Light Publications; and Lifting the Sky from Ward Wood Publications (2018) . A large number of poems have been published by Les Murray in the Australian cultural magazine Quadrant. The poem "Goulash" from Circling the Core was shortlisted{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/17/forwardprizeforpoetry2007.forwardprizeforpoetry1?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Forward prize shortlists look to youth and experience |last=Ezard|first=John|date=17 July 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 December 2010}} for a Forward prize for best single poem, and three poem sequences won first prizes in Scintilla long poem competitions.Hooker, Jeremy. Adjudication [for "Voicebox"]. Scintilla 2001, 5: 74.Cluysenaar, Anne. Adjudication [for "Core"]. Scintilla 2004, 9: 88.Cluysenaar, Anne. Adjudication [for "Drought"]. Scintilla 2008, 12: 59. Her work has also been broadcast.
In addition, Myra Schneider has written Writing My Way Through Cancer,[http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/archives/healthcare/rescourcelist Poetry Society. Resources for Poetry and Healthcare.] a fleshed out journal with poem notes, poems and therapeutic writing ideas (Jessica Kingsley, 2003), and, with John Killick, Writing for Self-Discovery (Element Books, 1998) and Writing Your Self (Continuum, 2010). She also writes essays and reviews for literary magazines, and has co-edited anthologies of poetry by contemporary women poets, most recently Images of Women (Arrowhead, 2006). She is consultant to the Second Light Network of Women Poets, and she runs poetry workshops and courses and is a tutor for the Poetry School.
Bibliography
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=Poetry=
;Collections
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |title=Fistful of yellow hope |location=Hebden Bridge |publisher=Littlewood Press |date=1984 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Cathedral of Birds|date=1988 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Cat Therapy|date=1989 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Crossing Point|date=1991 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Exits|date=1994 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=The Panic Bird |date=1998 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Insisting on Yellow|date=2000 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Multiplying the Moon|date=2004 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=Circling the Core|date=2008 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=What Women Want|date=2012 }}
- {{cite book |author=Schneider, Myra |author-mask=1 |title=The Door to Colour|date=2014 }}
;List of poems
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| width=25%|Title
!|Year !|First published !|Reprinted/collected |
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| data-sort-value="Panic bird"|The panic bird
|1996 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=May 1996 |title=The panic bird |journal=Quadrant |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=32}} | |
| Woman in the bath
|1996 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=May 1996 |title=Woman in the bath |journal=Quadrant |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=32 |url= }} | |
| Leavetaking
|1996 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=Jul–Aug 1996 |title=Leavetaking |journal=Quadrant |volume=40 |issue=7–8 [328] |pages=40}} |
| Moth
|2003 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=Jul–Aug 2003 |title=Moth |journal=Quadrant |volume=47 |issue=7–8 [398] |pages=14}} | |
| Cinnamon
|2003 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=Jul–Aug 2003 |title=Cinnamon |journal=Quadrant |volume=47 |issue=7–8 [398] |pages=18}} | |
| data-sort-value="vieil homme Assis"|Le vieil homme Assis
|2009 |{{cite journal |author=Schneider, Myra |date=Dec 2009 |title=Le vieil homme Assis |journal=Quadrant |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=32 |url=http://www.quadrant.org.au/magazine/issue/2009/12/le-vieil-homme-assis }} | |
References
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External links
- [http://www.poeticmind.co.uk/interviews-1/becoming-something-deeper/ 'Becoming Something Deeper', an interview]
- [http://www.poetryschool.com Poetry School]
- [http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/myraschneiderpage.shtml Myra Schneider at www.poetrypf.co.uk]
- [http://www.secondlightlive.co.uk/members/myraschneider.shtml Myra Schneider at www.secondlightlive.co.uk]
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