Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson is an American journalist and author best known for her writing on subjects related to architecture, design, culture, and the built environment.
Early years and education
[edit]Elizabeth A. Evitts born in Roanoke, Virginia. She grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.[1]
Dickinson attended Towson High School in Baltimore and then spent two years at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia followed by a year studying in Paris through a program at the Sorbonne. She transferred to SUNY Buffalo, where she graduated with a B.A. in French literature, in 1995.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]From 2004 to 2007, she worked as an editor at Urbanite magazine, after which she switched to the Architect Magazine.[2]
Her 2018 article on the fashion designer Claire McCardell, "A Dress for Everyone," led Dickinson to propose a book on McCardell, titled Unhemmed, contracted to Simon & Schuster in March 2023.[3]
Dickinson has taught graduate-level writing and journalism at Johns Hopkins University (since 2018) and Maryland Institute College of Art (2009–2016).[citation needed]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Her writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 3 times (2013,[2] 2016, 2017) and has won multiple awards, grants, and fellowships including the following:
- Gene S. Stuart Award, Society for American Archeology, 2022[4]
- Architectural Journalism Award, American Institute of Architects, Baltimore Chapter, 2022
- National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, 2018[5]
- Mary Sawyers Baker Prize in the Literary Arts, 2017[6]
- Hrushka Memorial Nonfiction Prize, 2015[7]
- Roger D. Redden Award, Baltimore Architecture Foundation, 2011[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- “The Endless Robbing of Native American Graves,” The Washington Post Magazine, 2021
- “After the Cure,” The Washington Post Magazine, 2020
- “The Case of the Stolen Ruby Slippers,” The Washington Post Magazine, 2019
- “A Dress for Everyone,” The Washington Post Magazine, 2018
- “The Woman Who Invented Forensic Training with Dollhouses,” The New Yorker.com, 2017
- “On Nostalgia,” Passages North, 2015
- “Notes from a Suicide,” Post Road, 2015
- “A Modern Girl’s Guide to Childbirth.” PANK, 2014
- “Danish Modern,” Little Patuxent Review, 2013
References
[edit]- ^ Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts. "About Me". eedickinson.com. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson". MICA. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Dealmaker: Simon & Schuster (Imprint)". Publishers Marketplace. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "About the SAA Awards - Past Awardees". saa.org. Society for American Archaeology. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Meet the Creative Writing Fellows". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Baker Artist Awardees". Baker Artist Portfolios. Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Jun 23 2015 Hrushka Memorial Prize Winner". Passages North. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2023.