Dorothy Barresi
- University of Akron (B.A.)
- University of Pittsburgh (M.A.)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (M.F.A.)
Dorothy Barresi (born November 13, 1957, in Buffalo, New York) is an American poet.
Life
She was raised in Akron, Ohio. She teaches in the English Department at California State University, Northridge.[1]
Her work has appeared in Antioch Review,[2] AGNI,[3] Gettysburg Review, Harvard Review, Indiana Review,[4] Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review,[5] Parnassus, POETRY, Pool,[6] Ploughshares,[7] Virginia Quarterly Review, Triquarterly and Southern Review.[8] She has served often as a judge for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry.
She is married to Phil Matero, and they have sons Andrew and Dante. They live in the San Fernando Valley.[9]
Education
- MFA, University of Massachusetts Amherst 1985
- MA, University of Pittsburgh 1981
- BA, University of Akron 1979
Awards
- 18th annual American Book Award sponsored by the Before Columbus Foundation
- Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (MA), North Carolina Arts Council.
- Pushcart Prize (twice)
- Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Prize
- Emily Clark Balch Prize Virginia Quarterly Review
- Grand Prize, Los Angeles Poetry Festival's Fin de Millennium poetry competition.
- 1990 Barnard Women Poets Prize
- 2014 Dagbert L. Cunningham Award for work in the field of semi-poetics.
Works
- "How It Comes". Ploughshares. Winter 1986. Archived from the original on 17 July 2002.
- "The Hole in the Ceiling". Ploughshares. Winter 1986. Archived from the original on 17 July 2002.
- "Poem for the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Valium". Virginia Quarterly Review. Winter 2002. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "Something in the House Was" (PDF). West Branch 62. 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "Stereotype" (PDF). West Branch 62. 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- "The Garbage Keepers". Rattle. September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- "Head Lice Circus: Shock and Awe". Redheaded Stepchild. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- "My Powers". Redheaded Stepchild. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
Poetry
- American Fanatics. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-8229-6079-9.
- Rouge Pulp. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8229-5789-8.
- Mother, My Porous China. Laguna Beach: The Inevitable Press. 1998. ISBN 978-1-891281-10-5. (chapbook)
- Post-Rapture Diner. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8229-3896-5.
- All of the Above. Boston: Beacon Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8070-6815-1.
Dorothy Barresi.
- The Judas Clock. Blythewood: Devil's Millhopper Press. 1986.
- Re-crossing the Equator. University of Massachusetts Amherst. 1985.
Anthologies
- Louise DeSalvo; Edvige Giunta, eds. (2003). "Poem". The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture. Feminist Press. ISBN 978-1-55861-453-6.
- Jim Elledge; Susan Swartwout, eds. (1999). "When I think of America Sometimes (I Think of Ralph Kramdem)". Real things: an anthology of popular culture in American poetry. Indiana University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-253-21229-0.
Dorothy Barresi.
- Maggie Anderson; Dorothy Barresi; Quan Barry; Jan Beatty; Robin Becker; Richard Blanco; Christopher Bursk; Anthony Butts; Lorna Dee Cervantes (2007). Ochester (ed.). American Poetry Now: Pitt Poetry Series Anthology. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5964-9.
- Pamela Gemin; Paula Sergi, eds. (1999). Boomer girls: poems by women from the baby boom generation. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-687-2.
Interviews
- “Showcased Writer: Dorothy Barresi” "Silk Road". February 25, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
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See also
References
- ^ "Dorothy Barresi | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". pw.org. 7 June 1996. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Kingsley, J.D. (2003). "The Antioch Review". The Antioch Review. 61. Antioch Review, Incorporated. ISSN 0003-5769. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ "AGNI Online: Author Dorothy Barresi". web.bu.edu. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Indiana Review. Vol. 25. Indiana University Board of Trustees. 2003. ISSN 0738-386X. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Bowling Green State University. Dept. of English; Bowling Green State University. Creative Writing Program (1997). Mid-American Review. Vol. 18. Popular Press. ISSN 0747-8895. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ "POOL". poolpoetry.com. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ Southern Poetry Review. 1986. ISSN 0038-447X. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
- ^ [1] Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000143831.
External links
- "An Interview with Dorothy Barresi", West Point, Janine Hauber and Mary Hood
- "‘What we did while we made more guns’ confronts the violence of extreme belief." PBS NewsHour, Jennifer Hijazi
- Dorothy Barresi on Instagram
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