Pat Schneider
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Pat Schneider is an America
n writer
, poet
and editor
.
. In 1979 she became a graduate of the MFA Program for Poets & Writers
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts
, where she is the Founder/Director of Amherst Writers & Artists and editor of Amherst Writers & Artists Press, which has published twenty books of poetry and the national literary journal, Peregrine. Schneider is an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She has taught creative writing workshops at the University of Massachusetts, Smith College, Limavadi College (Northern Ireland) and the University of Connecticut. She teaches annually in Ireland, and bi-annually at the Graduate Theological Union in California, where she has also been Playwright in Residence at the Pacific School of ReligionShe also leads annual workshops in Ireland
, workshop leadership training seminars and several writing retreats. In 1993 Schneider was keynote speaker and workshop leader at a women's retreat in Japan
.
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Pat Schneider has published widely in literary journals and magazines, including Sewanee Review, Minnesota review, Ms. Magazine, and Negative Capability.
She has also edited a collection of the writings of women in low-income housing projects, In Our Own Voices.
Fourteen of her plays have been produced, nine published. There are more than 300 recorded productions of her plays in this country and in Europe. Schneider is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
. She has been the recipient of literary prizes, and grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Awards, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Several of her poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac.
Schneider has four children, including author Paul Schneider
.
Amherst Writes and Artists
Pat Schneider on The Writer's Almanac
Film about Pat Schneider
United States
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n writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and editor
Editing
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Biography
Schneider was educated at Central College in Missouri, and earned her MA from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. In 1979 she became a graduate of the MFA Program for Poets & Writers
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
The MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a graduate creative writing program.-History:The MFA Program for Poets & Writers was founded in the 1960s by poet Joseph Langland and is part of the English Department at the University of Massachusetts...
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,819, making it the largest community in Hampshire County . The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts...
, where she is the Founder/Director of Amherst Writers & Artists and editor of Amherst Writers & Artists Press, which has published twenty books of poetry and the national literary journal, Peregrine. Schneider is an adjunct faculty member of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She has taught creative writing workshops at the University of Massachusetts, Smith College, Limavadi College (Northern Ireland) and the University of Connecticut. She teaches annually in Ireland, and bi-annually at the Graduate Theological Union in California, where she has also been Playwright in Residence at the Pacific School of ReligionShe also leads annual workshops in Ireland
Ireland
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, workshop leadership training seminars and several writing retreats. In 1993 Schneider was keynote speaker and workshop leader at a women's retreat in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Publications and awards
She has published three books of poetry: Olive Street Transfer, White River Junction and Long Way Home. Her autobiographical book, Wake Up Laughing: A Spiritual Autobiography, was released in 1997 by Negative Capability Press. In addition, she has published two books on writing, The Writer as an Artist and Writing Alone and With Others, published in 2003 by Oxford University PressOxford University Press
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Pat Schneider has published widely in literary journals and magazines, including Sewanee Review, Minnesota review, Ms. Magazine, and Negative Capability.
She has also edited a collection of the writings of women in low-income housing projects, In Our Own Voices.
Fourteen of her plays have been produced, nine published. There are more than 300 recorded productions of her plays in this country and in Europe. Schneider is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is a workshop in New York for musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists.-History:The BMI Workshop was founded in 1961 by Lehman Engel and the performing rights organization BMI ....
. She has been the recipient of literary prizes, and grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Awards, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Several of her poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac.
Schneider has four children, including author Paul Schneider
Paul Schneider
Paul Schneider is the name of:* Paul Schneider , last court painter of Wilhelm II* Paul Schneider , German pastor martyred during the Holocaust* Paul Schneider , American television writer...
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Other artistic works
Her libretti have been recorded by the Louisville Symphony and performed by Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony in Boston's Symphony Hall and in Carnegie Hall, New York City.External Links
Pat SchneiderAmherst Writes and Artists
Pat Schneider on The Writer's Almanac
Film about Pat Schneider