Leslie McGrath
Leslie McGrath is an American poet, editor, and educator. She is the author of the collection Opulent Hunger, Opulent Rage (Main Street Rag, 2009), which was a finalist for the 2010 Connecticut Book Award for Poetry;[1] the chapbooks Toward Anguish, which won the 2007 Philbrick Poetry Award,[2] and By the Windpipe (ELJ Editions, 2014);[3] and the satiric novella in verse, Out From the Pleiades (Jaded Ibis Press, 2014).[4] Her most recent publication is a full-length collection of poetry Feminists Are Passing from Our Lives (Word Works 2018).[5] McGrath co-edited Reetika Vazirani's posthumous poetry collection, Radha Says: Last
Poems Drunken Boat Books, 2010).[6] She has taught creative writing as an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University since 2009.[7]
Recognition
In addition to the honors noted above, McGrath was awarded the University of Tulsa's 2004 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry,[8] a 2007 Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, a 2010 grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council,[9] residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Hedgebrook, and the 2017 Gretchen Warren Award from The New England Poetry Club.[10]
Her literary interviews have been published in Association of Writers & Writing Programs's official magazine, The Writer's Chronicle. An interview with McGrath about her work appears in The Nervous Breakdown.[11] McGrath serves on the advisory board for The Word Works, a literary press in Washington, D.C., which sponsors The Washington Prize.[12] She is also the series editor for the Word Works' Tenth Gate Series,[13] an imprint inspired by poet Jane Hirshfield, which recognizes the work of mid-career poets.
McGrath serves on the Poetry Advisory Committee of Sunken Garden Poetry Series at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut,[14] and formerly served on the board of The James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut.[15]
References
- ^ Connecticut Book Award in Poetry
- ^ Philbrick Poetry Award
- ^ "By The Windpipe".
- ^ "Out From the Pleiades".
- ^ "Feminists Are Passing from Our Lives". SPD Books.
- ^ Vazirani, Reetika (2010-01-15). Radha Says. Drunken Boat Media. ISBN 9780578014654.
- ^ "Central Connecticut State University English Department Faculty".
- ^ Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
- ^ "Greater Hartford Arts Council".
- ^ "2017 Contest Results – New England Poetry Club". www.nepoetryclub.org. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ "Leslie McGrath: The TNB Self-Interview". 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ The Washington Prize
- ^ "The Word Works".
- ^ Sunken Garden Poetry Series at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut
- ^ "The James Merrill House - Museum & Writer-in-Residence Program". jamesmerrillhouse.org.
External links
- Official website
- McGrath’s poetry on The Academy of American Poets
- McGrath’s poetry in Poetry
- McGrath’s poetry in The Awl
- McGrath’s poetry in The Common
- McGrath's poetry in "Slate"
- McGrath's poetry in Agni online
- Opulent Hunger, Opulent Rage
- Radha Says
- [1][dead link]
- In conversation with Jane Hirshfield on women in American poetry for VIDA
- McGrath on Poetry Forum
- What a Poem can Teach about Happiness (by Leslie McGrath)
- [2][dead link]
- Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
- Philbrick Poetry Series
- Vermont Studio Center
- The Word Works
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