Dorothy Barresi

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Dorothy Barresi (born November 13, 1957 Buffalo, New York) is an American poet.

Dorothy Barresi
Born (1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 (age 63)
Buffalo, New York
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
EducationMFA, MA
Alma materUniversity of Akron, University of Pittsburgh, University of Massachusetts
PeriodContemporary
GenrePoetry
Notable worksAmerican Fanatics, Rouge Pulp, Post-Rapture Diner, All of the Above
Notable awardsBarnard New Women Poet Prize, Pushcart Prize, American Book Award, NEA Fellowship
SpousePhil Matero
ChildrenDante and Andrew

Life[]

She was raised in Akron, Ohio. She teaches in the English Department at California State University at 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dorothy Barresi | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". pw.org. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. ^ Kingsley, J.D. (2003). "The Antioch Review". The Antioch Review : A National Quarterly. Antioch Review, Incorporated. 61. ISSN 0003-5769. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  3. ^ "AGNI Online: Author Dorothy Barresi". web.bu.edu. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  4. ^ Indiana Review. 25. Indiana University Board of Trustees. 2003. ISSN 0738-386X. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  5. ^ Bowling Green State University. Dept. of English; Bowling Green State University. Creative Writing Program (1997). Mid-American Review. 18. Popular Press. ISSN 0747-8895. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  6. ^ "POOL". poolpoetry.com. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  7. ^ "Show Article". pshares.org. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  8. ^ Southern Poetry Review. 1986. ISSN 0038-447X. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  9. ^ [1] Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000143831.

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