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She moved to [[Stevensville, Montana]] to be closer to her sister Helen, and started teaching. Coates eventually moved to [[Butte, Montana|Butte]], where she met her future husband, Henderson Coates. The two married in 1910 and moved to [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale]] where Henderson opened a general store with his brother. Grace taught in Martinsdale from 1914-1919. This is where she started writing. Her first poem was published in ''Poetry, a Magazine of Verse''.<ref>Grace Stone Coates Papers, K. Ross Toole Archives, The University of Montana-Missoula</ref> |
She moved to [[Stevensville, Montana]] to be closer to her sister Helen, and started teaching. Coates eventually moved to [[Butte, Montana|Butte]], where she met her future husband, Henderson Coates. The two married in 1910 and moved to [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale]] where Henderson opened a general store with his brother. Grace taught in Martinsdale from 1914-1919. This is where she started writing. Her first poem was published in ''Poetry, a Magazine of Verse''.<ref>Grace Stone Coates Papers, K. Ross Toole Archives, The University of Montana-Missoula</ref> |
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In 1927 H.G. Merriam asked Grace to help him with his magazine, ''[[Frontier (magazine)|Frontier]]''. She started writing articles and poems for the magazine and before long became the assistant editor. Coates worked for the magazine out of [[Northwest Montana]], until it stopped circulating in 1939. During the [[Great Depression]], Coates helped write the [[WPA Federal Writer's Project]] Montana state guidebook.<ref>Montana State University library Website,[http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/0034.html]</ref> |
In 1927 H.G. Merriam asked Grace to help him with his magazine, ''[[Frontier (magazine)|Frontier]]''. She started writing articles and poems for the magazine and before long became the assistant editor. Merriam encouraged her to get her work published, helped her find publishers, and in 1931 she published two books; her first novel, ''Black Cherries'', and her first book of poems, ''Mead and Mangel-Wurzel''. Coates worked for the magazine out of [[Northwest Montana]], until it stopped circulating in 1939. During the [[Great Depression]], Coates helped write the [[WPA Federal Writer's Project]] Montana state guidebook.<ref>Montana State University library Website,[http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/0034.html]</ref> |
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After her husband passed away, she started seeing things that weren't there and wandering around outside in the middle of the night. Coates had a hard time remembering when and what she ate, and suffered from malnutrition. Her nieghbors in [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale]] got together in 1963 to move her to a [[retirement home]] in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]]. Where, with a healthy diet and adequate rest she was able to write a column for the [[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]]. The column was named,''Hillcrest Highlights'', for the [[Hillcrest Retirement Home]] she was living in.<ref>Honey Wine and Hunger Root, Rostad, Lee, 1985, Falcon Press, Helena/Billings, Montana</ref> |
After her husband passed away, she started seeing things that weren't there and wandering around outside in the middle of the night. Coates had a hard time remembering when and what she ate, and suffered from malnutrition. Her nieghbors in [[Martinsdale, Montana|Martinsdale]] got together in 1963 to move her to a [[retirement home]] in [[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]]. Where, with a healthy diet and adequate rest she was able to write a column for the [[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]]. The column was named,''Hillcrest Highlights'', for the [[Hillcrest Retirement Home]] she was living in.<ref>Honey Wine and Hunger Root, Rostad, Lee, 1985, Falcon Press, Helena/Billings, Montana</ref> |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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''Black Cherries'', published in 1931 by [[Alfred A. Knopf|Alfred Knopf]] |
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''Mead and Mangel-Wurzel'', published in 1931 [[Caxton Press (Idaho)|Caxton Printers Ltd.]] out of [[Caldwell, Idaho]] |
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Her second book of poems, ''Portulacas in the Wheat'', was published in 1932 by the same company. |
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''Portulacas in the Wheat'', her second book of poems, published in 1932 |
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== Books about == |
== Books about == |
Revision as of 02:43, 1 December 2010
Grace Stone Coates (1881-1976) was a Montana writer. She wrote short stories, novels, and poetry. Coates published her first poem, "The Intruder", in 1921 and her first novel, Black Cherries, in 1931. She co-edited and wrote for Frontier, a literary magazine edited by H.G. Merriam, a creative writing professor, at the University of Montana.
History
Early Life
On May 20, 1881, Coates was born on a wheat farm in Kansas to Heinrich and Olive Stone. She was the youngest of four children. Grace and her older sister, Helen, were born to Heinrich and Olive. The two older children were born to Heinrich and his first wife. Heinrich had a rich classical background, he taught Greek in Berlin before coming to the United States. He channeled this love into his interactions with Grace, recited poetry to her, took her on long walks to learn the names of plants and trees, and read her mythology until she could recite it from memory. Her poetry was influenced by this background.[1]
Her family moved to Wisconsin when she was in high school, where she attended Normal College. Coates also attended the University of Chicago, the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii. She never finished a degree, but received her teaching certificate in 1900.
Montana
She moved to Stevensville, Montana to be closer to her sister Helen, and started teaching. Coates eventually moved to Butte, where she met her future husband, Henderson Coates. The two married in 1910 and moved to Martinsdale where Henderson opened a general store with his brother. Grace taught in Martinsdale from 1914-1919. This is where she started writing. Her first poem was published in Poetry, a Magazine of Verse.[2]
In 1927 H.G. Merriam asked Grace to help him with his magazine, Frontier. She started writing articles and poems for the magazine and before long became the assistant editor. Merriam encouraged her to get her work published, helped her find publishers, and in 1931 she published two books; her first novel, Black Cherries, and her first book of poems, Mead and Mangel-Wurzel. Coates worked for the magazine out of Northwest Montana, until it stopped circulating in 1939. During the Great Depression, Coates helped write the WPA Federal Writer's Project Montana state guidebook.[3]
After her husband passed away, she started seeing things that weren't there and wandering around outside in the middle of the night. Coates had a hard time remembering when and what she ate, and suffered from malnutrition. Her nieghbors in Martinsdale got together in 1963 to move her to a retirement home in Bozeman. Where, with a healthy diet and adequate rest she was able to write a column for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. The column was named,Hillcrest Highlights, for the Hillcrest Retirement Home she was living in.[4]
Works
Black Cherries, published in 1931 by Alfred Knopf
Mead and Mangel-Wurzel, published in 1931 Caxton Printers Ltd. out of Caldwell, Idaho
Portulacas in the Wheat, her second book of poems, published in 1932
She co-authored Pat Tucker's book, Riding the High Country, published in 1933
Books about
References
- ^ Grace Stone Coates, Her Life in Letters, Rostad, Lee, 2004, Riverbend Publishing, Helena, Montana
- ^ Grace Stone Coates Papers, K. Ross Toole Archives, The University of Montana-Missoula
- ^ Montana State University library Website,[1]
- ^ Honey Wine and Hunger Root, Rostad, Lee, 1985, Falcon Press, Helena/Billings, Montana
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