Claudia Emerson

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Claudia Emerson (born January 13, 1957) is an American poet who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife. She is a professor of English and Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia^[1]. She is a contributing editor of the literary magazine Shenandoah.^[2] On August 26, 2008, she was named Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor Timothy M. Kaine.

She was born in Chatham, Virginia. She lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia with her husband, Kent Ippolito, a musician who plays with various types of bands, including bluegrass, rock, folk, jazz, blues and ragtime. The couple were married in 2000 and together write songs and perform.^[3]

Contents 1 Education 2 Honors 3 Books of poetry 4 Inclusion in anthologies 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Education

• Chatham Hall, a girls' boarding school in Chatham, Virginia
• University of Virginia (English, 1979)
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 1991)

Emerson was Guest Editor of Visions-International (published by Black Buzzard Press) in 2002.

[edit] Honors

• The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Intro Award, 1991^[1]
• Academy of American Poets Prize, 1991^[1]
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1994 (As Claudia Emerson Andrews)^[4]
• Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, 1995 and 2002^[1]
• University of Mary Washington Alumni Association Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2003^[1]
• Witter Bynner Fellowship from Library of Congress, 2005^[5]
• Library of Virginia Virginia Women in History, 2009

[edit] Books of poetry

• Pharaoh, Pharaoh (LSU Press, 1997 (as Claudia Emerson Andrews)^[6]
• Pinion, An Elegy (LSU Press, 2002)^[7]
• Late Wife: Poems (LSU Press, 2005)^[8]
• Figure Studies: Poems (LSU Press, 2008)^[9]

[edit] Inclusion in anthologies

• Yellow Shoe Poets, (LSU Press, 1999)^[10]
• The Made Thing, (The University of Arkansas Press, 1999)^[11]
• Buck and Wing: Southern Poetry at 2000, (Shenandoah, 2000)
• Strongly Spent: 50 Years of Shenandoah Poetry (Shenandoah, 2003)[1]
• Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets of Virginia, (University of Virginia Press, 2003)^[12]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} University of Mary Washington (April 17, 2006). UMW's Claudia Emerson wins Pulitzer in Poetry. Press release. http://www.umw.edu/universityrelations/news/archives/umws_claudia_emerson_wins_.php. Retrieved on 2006-04-27. 
2. ^ "Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Literary Review staff". Website. Washington and Lee University. http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/staff.html. Retrieved on 2006-04-07. 
3. ^ "Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase". Website. Webliminal.com. http://webliminal.com/songwrite/emerson.html. Retrieved on 2006-12-19. 
4. ^ Stolls, Amy; , David Kipen, Jon Peede, Paulette Beete, Campbell Irving, Pamela Kirkpatrick, and Garrick Davis (in English). NEA Literature Fellowships: 40 Years of Supporting American Writers. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. p. 12. http://www.nea.gov/pub/NEA_lit.pdf. Retrieved on 2006-04-27. 
5. ^ "Witter Bynner Fellowships". Website. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/prize-fellow.html#bynner. Retrieved on 2006-04-07. 
6. ^ Andrews, Claudia Emerson (1997) (in English) (Paper). Pharaoh, Pharaoh (1st. Edition ed.). Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 72 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2765-5. http://s50780.sites40.storefront-hosting.com/detail.aspx?ID=947. 
7. ^ Emerson, Claudia (2002) (in English) (Cloth). Pinion: An Elegy (1st. Edition ed.). Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 55 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2765-5. http://s50780.sites40.storefront-hosting.com/detail.aspx?ID=531. 
8. ^ Emerson, Claudia (September 30, 2005) (in English) (Cloth). The Late Wife (1st. Edition ed.). Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 54 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-3083-4. http://s50780.sites40.storefront-hosting.com/detail.aspx?ID=158. 
9. ^ Emerson, Claudia (September 2008) (in English) (Cloth). Figure Studies (1st. Edition ed.). Baton Rouge: LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3361-3. 
10. ^ Garrett, George (1999) (in English) (Cloth). The Yellow Shoe Poets (1st. Edition ed.). Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 264 pp.. ISBN 0-8071-2450-8. http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/Books/fall99/99fall_book/garrett.html. 
11. ^ Stokesbury, Leon (1999) (in English) (Cloth). The Made Thing (2nd Edition ed.). Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. p. 352 pp.. ISBN 1-55728-578-0. http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/uaprinfo/public_html/titles/fa99/stokesbury_made.html. 
12. ^ Kennedy, Sarah (September 2003) (in English) (Cloth). Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets of Virginia (lrst Edition ed.). Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 200 pp.. ISBN 0-8139-2222-4. http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/kennedy_smith.html. 

[edit] External links

• Pulitzer Prize site
• 2009 Virginia Women in History profile
• Library of Congress reading (mp3 format file)
• Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts
• UMW reading of poems from "Late Wife," September, 2005 (mp3 format file)
• With Good Reason radio interview May 22, 2004
• Bryne, Edward. "Everything We Cannot See: Claudia Emerson's Late Wife".
• Martz, Michael, "Pulitzer-winning poet from Chatham Virginia: Professor latest with ties to town to bask in literary glory," Richmond Times Dispatch April 20, 2006
• Olson, Sean, "UNCG Alumna Wins Pulitzer Prize," University News, April 18, 2006
• Williams, Susan Settlemyre, "An Interview with Claudia Emerson, Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 1, No 2December 16, 2002 transcript and audio file about Pinion, An Elegy.
• Williams, Susan Settlemyre, "Review | Pinion: An Elegy, by Claudia Emerson", Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 1, No. 2December 16, 2002
• Chappell, Fred, "Same mine yields different gems," Raleigh News and Observer review of The Late Wife on December 25, 2005.
• Emerson, "The Bat" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
• Emerson, "Pitching Horsehoes" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
• Emerson, "Possessions" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
• Emerson, "Surface Hunting" (poem), Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 2, No. 1, (Spring, 2003)
• Emerson, "Frame, An Epistle" (poem) Poetry Magazine, July, 2003
• Emerson, "Second Bearing,1919" (poem), Smartish Pace, 2004
• Emerson, "Bone" (poem), American Academy of Poets website from Pinion: an elegy
• Emerson, "Artifact" (poem), LSU Press site for The Late Wife
• Emerson reading from The Late Wife on September 27 2005 at MWU--mp3 download
• Kooser, Ted, {http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/026.html American Life in Poetry: Column 26--Claudia Emerson's poem "Stable']Emerson's poems "Migrane, Aura and Aftermath" and "What They Want" in Visions International (issue #67)