Stephanie Strickland
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Stephanie Strickland is an American poet
, and was 2002 McEver Chair in Writing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
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She grew up in Chicago
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She graduated from Harvard University
with a BA in 1963, from Sarah Lawrence College
with an MFA in 1978, and from Pratt Institute
with an MS in 1984.
She won the 1993 Brittingham Prize in Poetry
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Her hypertext poem True North won the Ernest Sandeen Poetry Prize and the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award.
She is on the Board of the Electronic Literature Organization
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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 was 2002 McEver Chair in Writing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
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She grew up in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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She graduated from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
with a BA in 1963, from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
with an MFA in 1978, and from Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
with an MS in 1984.
She won the 1993 Brittingham Prize in Poetry
Brittingham Prize in Poetry
The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition.The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is selected by a nationally recognized poet, The winner is...
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Her hypertext poem True North won the Ernest Sandeen Poetry Prize and the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award.
She is on the Board of the Electronic Literature Organization
Electronic Literature Organization
The Electronic Literature Organisation is a nonprofit organization "established in 1999 to promote and facilitate the writing, publishing, and reading of electronic literature." -History:...
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Works
- "Born Digital", Poetry Foundation, 2.13.09
- "Poetry in the Electronic Environment", electronic book review, 07-26-2005
- Beyond This Silence, chapbook, State Street Press, 1986
External links
- "Webliography: Stephanie Strickland", Sara Herbert, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Poet's website
- "An Interview with Stephanie Strickland", Bookslut, October 2008
- "Stephanie Strickland", Ahsahta Press