Patty Paine

{{short description|American poet}}

Patty Paine (born May 17, 1965) is an American poet, author, and scholar. She is the author of five poetry collections and the co-editor of two anthologies of Arabian literature. In 2007, Paine established Diode Poetry Journal and founded the small press Diode Editions in 2012. Paine is an Associate Professor and Director of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar.

Raised in Vernon Township, New Jersey, she attended Vernon Township High School.{{cite web |title=Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions |url=http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2014/12/meet-the-press-kare.html |website=Best American Poetry |publisher=Best American Poetry |access-date=11 June 2018}}

Published works

= Authored works =

== Books ==

  • Grief & Other Animals. Accents Publishing. 2015 {{ISBN|978-1-936628-37-7}}
  • The Sounding Machine. Accents Publishing. 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-936628-11-7}}

== Chapbooks ==

  • City of Small Fires. Hysterical Books. 2018.
  • Feral. Imaginary Friend Press. 2012.
  • Elegy & Collapse. Finishing Line Press. 2006.

== Select poems ==

  • "The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice," Verse Daily, 7 July 2018.{{Cite web | url=http://www.versedaily.org/2018/taxidermisapprentice.shtml | title=The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice |website=Verse Daily |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Call and Response," The Adroit Journal, Issue 13.{{Cite web | title=Call and Response | url=http://www.theadroitjournal.org/issue-thirteen-patty-paine/ | website=The Adroit Journal | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "what we made by looking," Waxwing, Issue 12, 2017.{{Cite web | title=what we made by looking | website=Waxwing | url=http://waxwingmag.org/items/issue12/18_Paine-what-we-made-by-looking.php |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "a place that bears no scar," Thrush, July 2017.{{Cite web | title=a place that bears no scar | website=Thrush | url=http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/july-2017-patty-paine.html |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Memento Mori" and "Vanishing [the window’s lament]," Muse/A Journal, 2016.{{Cite web | url=http://www.museajournal.com/2016/09/patty-paine-memento-mori-vanishing-the-windows-lament/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409030630/http://www.museajournal.com/2016/09/patty-paine-memento-mori-vanishing-the-windows-lament/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=April 9, 2017 | title=Memento Mori and Vanishing [the window's lament] |website=Muse/A Journal |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "What Light Does," Blackbird v14n2, 2015.{{Cite web | url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v14n2/poetry/paine_p/light_page.shtml |title=What Light Does | website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Dogs," Umbrella Journal, 2007.{{Cite web | title=Dogs | website=Umbrella Journal | url=http://www.umbrellajournal.com/summer2007/poetry/PattyPaine.html |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost ||| OCHO #16," The Literary Review.{{Cite web | title=Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost OCHO #16 | website=The Literary Review |url=http://www.theliteraryreview.org/poetry-2/note-on-mirrors-already-lost-ocho-16/ |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Purple, A Morphology" and "i don't want," pioneertown.{{Cite web | title=Two Poems | website=Pioneertown |url=https://www.pioneertownlit.com/patty-paine/ |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "this is the nature of that country," AMP Magazine Issue 2.{{Cite web | title=this is the nature of that country | website=AMP |url=http://amp.hofstradrc.org/issues/2-1/this-is-the-nature-of-that-country |access-date=2020-05-27}}

== Select prose ==

=== Nonfiction ===

  • "Review | The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok." Blackbird v8n1. 2016 {{Cite web | title=Review The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v8n1/nonfiction/paine_p/chandhok_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}

== Interviews ==

  • Abani, C. "A Conversation with Chris Abani." Blackbird v8n1. 2009.{{Cite web | title=A Conversation with Chris Abani |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v8n1/features/abani_c/conversation_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}

= Edited works =

== Anthologies ==

  • Paine, Patty, and Samia Touati, eds. Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry. Garnet Publishing & Ithaca Press. 2012. {{ISBN | 978-0863723759}}
  • Paine, Patty, Jesse Ulmer, and Michael Hersrud, eds. The Donkey Lady and Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf. Berkshire Academic Press. 2013. {{ISBN | 978-1907784125}}

== Select translations ==

  • Al Kuwari, Soad. "The Flood." Trans. Fatima Mostafawi with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.{{Cite web | title=The Flood |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v9n2/poetry_gulf/al_kuwari_s/flood_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Al Kuwari, Soad. "Modernity in the Desert." Trans. Sara Al Qatami with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.{{Cite web | title=Modernity in the Desert |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v9n2/poetry_gulf/al_kuwari_s/modernity_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Al Sindi, Fawzia. "from Less Than Ink." Trans. Bahaa-eddin M. Mazid with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.{{Cite web | title=from Less Than Ink |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v9n2/poetry_gulf/al_sindi_f/ink_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Mufarreh, Saadia. "Soon She Will Leave." Trans. Hend Mubarek Aleidan with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.{{Cite web | title=Soon She Will Leave |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v9n2/poetry_gulf/mufarreh_s/leave_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Tarkovsky, Arseny. "Here, a house once stood." Trans. Philip Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev. Ed. Patty Paine. Diode Poetry Journal v7n3, 2014.{{Cite web | title=Here, a house once stood. |url=http://diodepoetry.com/v7n3/content/tarkovsky_metres_psurtsev.html |website=Diode Poetry Journal |access-date=2020-05-27}}

Awards and honors

  • 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist for Grief & Other Animals (Accents Publishing, 2015){{cite web |title=GRIEF & OTHER ANIMALS |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/grief-and-other-animals/ |website=Foreword Reviews |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=11 June 2018}}
  • 2014 THE WARDROBE’S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE’S “FERAL” {{cite web |title=THE WARDROBE’S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE’S "FERAL" |url=https://sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-patty-paines-feral-2/ |website=Sundress Publications |publisher=Sundress Publications |access-date=11 June 2018}}
  • 2013 Distinguished Achievement for Service Award, VCUarts Qatar{{cite web |title=Faculty Awards |url=http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/people/faculty-awards |website=VCUarts Qatar |publisher=VCUarts Qatar}}
  • 2011 Winner of the Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest for The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing, 2012) {{cite web |title=VCUQatar Professor Wins 2011 Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest |url=https://qatar.vcu.edu/news/vcuqatar-professor-wins-2011-accents-publishing-international-poetry-book-c |website=VCUarts Qatar |publisher=VCUarts Qatar |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • 2010 Distinguished Achievement in Research Awards, VCUarts Qatar{{cite web |title=VCUQatar Faculty Honored |url=http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/news/vcuqatar-faculty-honored |website=VCUarts Qatar |publisher=VCUarts Qatar |access-date=11 June 2018}}
  • 2007 AWP Intro Journal Award{{cite web |title=Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine |url=http://www.umbrellajournal.com/summer2007/poetry/PattyPaine.html |website=Umbrella |publisher=Umbrella |access-date=11 June 2018}}
  • 2007 Catherine and Joane Byrne Poetry Prize{{cite web |title=Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine |url=http://www.umbrellajournal.com/summer2007/poetry/PattyPaine.html |website=Umbrella |publisher=Umbrella |access-date=11 June 2018}}

Select reviews

  • "Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman." Anna Journey. Blackbird v5n2. 2006.{{Cite web |title=Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v5n2/nonfiction/journey_a/chapbook2.htm |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Review | The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine." Catherine MacDonald. Blackbird v11n2. 2012.{{Cite web |title=Review The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine | url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v11n2/nonfiction/macdonald_c/sounding_page.shtml |website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Review | Feral, by Patty Paine." Emilia Phillips. Blackbird v11n1. 2012.{{Cite web | title=Review Feral, by Patty Paine | url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v11n1/nonfiction/phillips_e/feral_page.shtml | website=Blackbird | publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • "Review | Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine." Laura Van Prooyen. Blackbird v12n2. 2016.{{Cite web | title=Review Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine | website=Blackbird | publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. | url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v15n2/nonfiction/vanprooyen-l/griefreview_page.shtml | access-date=2020-05-27}}

Interviews

  • Doallas, Maureen and Patty Paine. "Interview with Poet Patty Paine (Part 1): Write Fearlessly." tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things. 2014.{{Cite web | title=INTERVIEW WITH POET PATTY PAINE (PART 1): WRITE FEARLESSLY | website=tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things |url=https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2014/05/02/interview-poet-patty-paine-part-one/ | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Duotrope and Patty Paine. "Editor Interview: diode poetry journal." Duotrope. 12 January 2012.{{Cite web | title=Editor Interview: diode poetry journal | website=Duotrope.com |url=https://duotrope.com/interview/editor/2179 | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals." Accents Publishing Blog. 28 September 2015.{{Cite web | title=Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals | website=Accents Publishing | url=http://www.accents-publishing.com/blog/2015/09/28/patty-paine-on-grief-other-animals | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Plunging into the Depths to Measure." Public Republic. 6 May 2013.{{Cite web | title=Plunging into the Depths to Measure | website=Public Republic |url=http://www.public-republic.net/plunging-into-the-depths-to-measure/ | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Montesano, Keith and Patty Paine. "#63 - Patty Paine." First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet. 25 January 2013.{{Cite web | title=#63 - Patty Paine | website=First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet|url=http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/63-patty-paine.html | access-date=2020-05-27}}
  • Schubert, Karen and Patty Paine. "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions." Best American Poetry Blog. 13 December 2014.{{Cite web | title=Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions | website=Best American Poetry Blog |publisher=Best American Poetry |url=http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2014/12/meet-the-press-kare.html | access-date=2020-05-27}}

Panels

  • Mattawa, Khaled, Patty Paine, and Jeff Lodge. "A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa." Blackbird v6n2. 2007.{{Cite web | title=A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa | website=Blackbird |publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. |url=https://blackbird.vcu.edu/v6n2/features/mattawa_k/transcript.htm | access-date=2020-05-27}}

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