Brenda Hillman
Encyclopedia
Brenda Hillman is an American poet. She was educated at Pomona College
, and received her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop
. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary's College
in Moraga, California. She also taught during a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
.
She is married to the poet Robert Hass
.
, a finalist for Pulitzer Prize
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...
, and received her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary's College
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
in Moraga, California. She also taught during a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts
Atlantic Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary artists’ community and arts education facility dedicated to promoting artistic excellence by providing talented artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished contemporary artists in the...
.
She is married to the poet Robert Hass
Robert Hass
Robert L. Hass is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He was awarded the 2007 National Book Award and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Time and Materials.-Life:...
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Awards
- 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for poetry
- 2005 William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
Prize for poetry - National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship - 1994 Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- Pushcart PrizePushcart PrizeThe Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
Works
- Northern Californian Women, Caffine destiny, Spring 2008]
- Doppler Effect in Diagram Three, Carol Peters, January 13, 2009]
- Split Tractate, Richie, Berkeley, 2001.11.7]
- Walking the Dunes, The Poetry Foundation, Poetry (May 1977)]
Books
, 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Poetry category, a finalist for National Book Critics Circle AwardNational Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle to promote the finest books and reviews published in English....
, a finalist for Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
- White Dress (Wesleyan University Press, 1985)
Chapbooks
- The Firecage (Penumbra Press, 2000)
- Autumn Sojourn (Em Press, 1995)
- Coffee, 3 A.M. (a+bend press, 1982)
External links
- Brenda Hillman, poets.org
- Brenda Hillman, blueflowerarts
- Brenda Hillman, Poetry Foundation
- Interview: Brenda Hillman, writersatcornell, November 7, 2008
- Readings in contemporary Poetry: Brenda Hillman, Brighde Mullins, Dia Art Foundation
- “Platonic Oxygen”: On Brenda Hillman’s Pieces of Air in the Epic, Brenda McCabe, Denver Quarterly