Leslie Ullman
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Leslie Ullman is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three poetry collections, most recently, Slow Work Through Sand (University of Iowa Press
, 1997), co-winner of the 1997 Iowa Poetry Prize. Her other honors include winning the 1978 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
for her first book, Natural Histories, and two NEA fellowships. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Puerto Del Sol, Blue Mesa Review, and in anthologies including Five Missouri Poets (Chariton Review Press, 1979).
Ullman was born in Illinois and graduated from Skidmore College
. She earned her M.F.A. from University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. She established, taught at, and for many years directed, the bilingual M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she remains a professor emerita. She is currently on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts
MFA in Creative Writing Program, and lives in southern New Mexico.
University of Iowa Press
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, 1997), co-winner of the 1997 Iowa Poetry Prize. Her other honors include winning the 1978 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
The Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the first collection of a promising American poet...
for her first book, Natural Histories, and two NEA fellowships. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Puerto Del Sol, Blue Mesa Review, and in anthologies including Five Missouri Poets (Chariton Review Press, 1979).
Ullman was born in Illinois and graduated from Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
. She earned her M.F.A. from University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. She established, taught at, and for many years directed, the bilingual M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she remains a professor emerita. She is currently on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers four distinct graduate programs, awarding Master of Fine Arts degrees in Visual Art, Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults and Graphic Design. The student to faculty ratio at VCFA is 4-to-1.. The faculty and alumni of VCFA have won many literary awards,...
MFA in Creative Writing Program, and lives in southern New Mexico.
Honors and awards
- 1997 Iowa Poetry Prize
- 1989 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 1978 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award
External links
- Official website
- Poem: Academy of American Poets > Peace by Leslie Ullman
- Audio Reading: The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor > June 30, 1998 > French by Leslie Ullman
- Audio Reading: Leslie Ullman Reading at Poetry Festival
- Faculty Bio: The University of Texas at El Paso > Creative Writing Department
- Faculty Bio: Vermont College of Fine Arts > Creative Writing Program
- Author Page: University of Iowa Press