Janet Holmes
Encyclopedia
Janet Holmes is an American
poet, professor, and the director of Ahsahta Press. She is author of six poetry collections, most recently, The ms of m y kin (Shearsman Books, 2009), and has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Boulevard, Carolina Quarterly, Georgia Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, MiPoesias, Nimrod, Pleiades, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 1994
and The Best American Poetry 1995
. Her honors include the Minnesota Book Award and fellowships from Yaddo
and the MacDowell Colony
. She earned her B.A. from Duke University
and her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
and teaches at Boise State University
’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Chapbooks
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poet, professor, and the director of Ahsahta Press. She is author of six poetry collections, most recently, The ms of m y kin (Shearsman Books, 2009), and has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Boulevard, Carolina Quarterly, Georgia Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, MiPoesias, Nimrod, Pleiades, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 1994
The Best American Poetry 1994
The Best American Poetry 1994, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor A. R. Ammons.-Poets and poems included:-External links:* , with links to each publication where the poems originally appeared...
and The Best American Poetry 1995
The Best American Poetry 1995
The Best American Poetry 1995, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Richard Howard....
. Her honors include the Minnesota Book Award and fellowships from Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
and the MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Colony
The MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
. She earned her B.A. from Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
and her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
The Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers is the oldest low-residency creative writing Master of Fine Arts program in the United States. Prior to the founding of this program, an MFA in creative writing was earned via standard residential graduate programs that required students to be in residence...
and teaches at Boise State University
Boise State University
Boise State University is a public university located in Boise, Idaho. Originally founded in 1932 as a junior college by the Episcopal Church, the university became an independent institution in 1934, and has been awarding baccalaureate and master degrees since 1965...
’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Published works
Full-length collections- The ms of m y kin (Shearsman Books, 2009)
- F2F (University of Notre Dame PressUniversity of Notre Dame PressThe University of Notre Dame Press is a university press that is part of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.-External links:*...
, 2006) - Humanophone (University of Notre Dame Press, 2001)
- The Green Tuxedo (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998)
- The Physicist at the Mall (Anhinga PressAnhinga PressAnhinga Press is an American, independent, literary press located in Tallahassee, Florida. The press began in 1972 as an outgrowth of the Apalachee Poetry Center, a non-profit organization promoting the reading and understanding of poetry. In 1976, founder and poet, Van Brock, expanded the scope of...
, 1994)
Chapbooks
- Paperback Romance (State Street Press, 1984)
Honors and awards
- 1999 Chad Walsh Poetry Prize from Beloit Poetry Journal
- 1999 Minnesota Book Award
- 1998 Poetry Book of the Year from ForeWord Magazine
- 1997 Pablo Neruda Award from Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry
- 1996 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry
- 1993 Anhinga Prize
- 1984 State Street Press Chapbook Award
Sources
- Boise State University > English Department Faculty Profile > Janet Holmes
- Library of Congress Online Catalog > Janet Holmes
External links
- Poems: Beloit Poetry Journal > Winter 2011, Vol. 61, No. 2 > Janet Holmes
- Review: Valparisio Poetry Review > Review by Halvard Johnson of The Green Tuxedo by Janet Holmes
- Review: The Cortland Review > Issue 37 > Review by Lesley Wheeler of F2F by Janet Holmes
- Self Interview/Blog Feature: Harriet the Blog: The Poetry Foundation > Janet Holmes Writes About Ahsahta Press, Publishing & Writing
- Author Page: University of Notre Dame Press > Janet Holmes > F2F
- Author Page: Anhinga Press > Janet Holmes > The Physicist at the Mall
- Author Website > Janet Holmes