Penelope Schott
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Penelope Scambly Schott is a feminist poet and former professor of English at Raritan Valley Community College
and Rutgers University
. She has published several books of poetry and has taught poetry writing for Thomas Edison State College
. At Educational Testing Service
in the 1980s she was part of the Guidance Research Group, which developed the SIGI PLUS career information system. Schott is a recipient of the 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize, the Orphic Prize, and a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
. She now resides in Portland, Oregon
. She received the 2008 Oregon Book Award
in poetry for "A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth".
Raritan Valley Community College
Raritan Valley Community College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in North Branch , New Jersey...
and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. She has published several books of poetry and has taught poetry writing for Thomas Edison State College
Thomas Edison State College
Thomas Edison State College is a public institution of higher education located in Trenton, New Jersey. One of New Jersey's 12 public universities and colleges, Thomas Edison State College offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level....
. At Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service
Educational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...
in the 1980s she was part of the Guidance Research Group, which developed the SIGI PLUS career information system. Schott is a recipient of the 2004 Turning Point Poetry Prize, the Orphic Prize, and a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts was founded in 1966 to support artistic activities in the state of New Jersey. It is funded by the New Jersey State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts ....
. She now resides in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. She received the 2008 Oregon Book Award
Oregon Book Award
The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
in poetry for "A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth".
Publications
- Imitatio Redux, Penelope Schott Starkey, College Composition and Communication, Vol. 25, No. 5 (Dec., 1974), pp. 435–437
- My grandparents were married for sixty-five years, Dept. of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University (1977), ISBN 0930200012
- A Little Ignorance, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. (1986), ASIN: B000H5764G
- The Perfect Mother: Snake Nation Press, Incorporated (January 1994), ISBN 0963836404
- Penelope: The Story of the Half-Scalped Woman : A Narrative Poem, University Press of Florida (December 1998), ISBN 0813016398
- Almost Learning to Live in This World, published by Pudding House Press (2004)
- The Pest Maiden: A Story Of Lobotomy, WordTech CommunicationsWordTech CommunicationsWordTech Communications LLC is one of the largest poetry publishers in the United States, producing nearly 50 titles per year. The press is owned and operated by Lori Jareo and Kevin Walzer. Some of their more notable authors are Ravi Shankar , Philip Dacey, Rachel Hadas, J. E...
(December 31, 2004), ISBN 1932339477 - Baiting the Void, Dream Horse Press (September 30, 2005), ISBN 0965930793
- A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth, Turning Point (2007), ISBN 9781933456683
- Six Lips, Mayapple Press (2010), ISBN 9780932412843
- Crow Mercies, CALYX Books (2010), ISBN 9780934971119
See also
- Raritan Valley Community CollegeRaritan Valley Community CollegeRaritan Valley Community College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in North Branch , New Jersey...
- Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
- New Jersey State Council on the ArtsNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsThe New Jersey State Council on the Arts was founded in 1966 to support artistic activities in the state of New Jersey. It is funded by the New Jersey State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts ....
- Educational Testing ServiceEducational Testing ServiceEducational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- FeminismFeminismFeminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
- Mayapple PressMayapple PressMayapple Press is a small literary press started by poet and translator Judith Kerman in 1978. After a hiatus between 1982 and 1992, it became active again, publishing generally one to three titles a year until 2004, when the press became more active. For the past several years, Mayapple Press has...
- CALYX, Inc.CALYX, Inc.CALYX, Inc. is a non-profit publisher of art and literature by women founded in 1976 based in Corvallis, Oregon. CALYX publishes both CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women twice a year and CALYX Books, which publishes one to three books annually. CALYX is one of the nation's oldest...