Colleen J. McElroy
Born (1935-10-31) October 31, 1935
St. Louis, Missouri
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materKansas State University
Notable worksSidewalk Games
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award

Colleen J. McElroy (born October 31, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri)[1] is an American poet, short story writer, editor, memoirist.[2][3]

Life

She graduated from Kansas State University (1958) and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. (1973).[1][4] She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. She lives in Seattle, Washington.[5]

Awards

Works

Poetry

  • Sidewalk Games'[6]
  • Webs and Weeds[7]
  • Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide[8]
  • Lothar's Wife[9]
  • Sleeping with the moon: poems[10]
  • Travelling music[11]
  • Bone Flames: Poems[12]
  • Music from home: selected poems[13]

Memoirs

  • A Long Way from St. Louie[14]
  • Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar[15]

Short stories

  • Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories[16]
  • Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories[17]

Anthologies

  • Best American Poetry 2001[18]
  • Oxford Anthology of African American Literature[19]

Ploughshares

  • While Poets Are Watching[20]
  • Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories [21]
  • Paris Subway Tango[22]
  • Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy[23]
  • Furlough[24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Who's Who Among African Americans". Biography in Context. Gale. 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Page, Yolanda Williams (2007). Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, Yolanda Williams Page. ISBN 9780313334290. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. ↑ "Readings and Lectures: Colleen McElroy | English | University of Portland". College.up.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  4. ↑ "University Press of New England | Redirect Page". Upne.com. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Colleen J. McElroy | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Pw.org. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  6. ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Sidewalk Games by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  7. ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Webs and Weeds by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  8. ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  9. ↑ Trueblood, Valerie. "Lothar's Wife by Colleen J. McElroy". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  10. ↑ Sleeping with the moon: poems. University of Illinois Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-252-07476-9.
  11. ↑ Travelling music. Story Line Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-885266-65-1.
  12. ↑ Bone Flames: Poems. University Press of New England. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8195-5172-6.
  13. ↑ Music from home: selected poems. Southern Illinois University Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0-8093-0774-6.
  14. ↑ A Long Way from St. Louie. Coffee House Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-56689-059-5. (travel memoirs)
  15. ↑ Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Washington Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-295-98115-4. (field notes and translations of Malagasy poems and stories).
  16. ↑ Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories. Creative Arts Book Co. 1990. ISBN 978-0-88739-073-9.
  17. ↑ Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories. Creative Arts Book Co. 1987. ISBN 978-0-88739-023-4.
  18. ↑ Robert Hass; David Lehman, eds. (August 21, 2001). Best American Poetry 2001. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-0384-5.
  19. ↑ Arnold Rampersad, Hilary Herbold, ed. (October 1, 2005). Oxford Anthology of African American Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512563-4.
  20. ↑ "While Poets Are Watching". Ploughshares. Spring 1981.
  21. ↑ "Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories". Ploughshares. Spring 1993.
  22. ↑ "Paris Subway Tango". Ploughshares. Spring 1993.
  23. ↑ "Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy". Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08.
  24. ↑ "Furlough". Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08.


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