Maryann Corbett
Maryann Corbett (née Zillotti, Washington, D.C.) is an American poet, medievalist, and linguist.[1]
She grew up in northern Virginia. She did her undergraduate work at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,[2] and graduated with a doctorate in English from the University of Minnesota.[3]
Her work has appeared in Southwest Review, Barrow Street, Rattle, River Styx, Atlanta Review, The Evansville Review, Measure, Literary Imagination, The Dark Horse, Italian Americana, Mezzo Cammin, Linebreak, Subtropics, , , The Poetry Foundation, The Writer's Almanac, and many other venues in print and online, as well as an assortment of anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 2018.[4] She has been a several-time Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee; a finalist for the 2009 Morton Marr Prize, the 2010 anthology, and the 2011 and 2016 Able Muse Book Prize; and a winner of the , the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, and the Richard Wilbur Award. Her third book, Mid Evil, is the Wilbur Award winner and has been published by the University of Evansville Press.[5]
She has worked as a writing teacher and master indexer[6] for the Minnesota Legislature, where she has served in the state Office of the Revisor of Statutes for 35 years.[7] She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.[8][9]
Awards[]
Year | Sponsor / Prize | Result |
---|---|---|
2016 | Able Muse Book Prize | finalist |
2014 | Richard Wilbur Award[10][11] | Won |
2011 | Able Muse Book Prize | finalist |
2011 | Best of the Net | finalist |
2009 | Morton Marr Prize | finalist |
2009 | Willis Barnstone Translation Prize[12] | Won |
2008 | Lyric Memorial Award | Won |
Works[]
Sample poems[]
- "Concourse", 32 Poems, Fall/Winter 2016
- "Prayer Concerning the New, More 'Accurate' Translation of Certain Prayers", Rattle, April 26, 2017; The Best American Poetry 2018
- "Apophatic", Rattle, January 16, 2015
- "Before"; "Variorum", Umbrella Journal, 2008
- "Hand", Strong Verse, 10/30/2008
- "Sacred Harp Convention", Poetry Porch
- "Layover"; "Built in a Quiet Neighborhood in 1912"; "At the Urgent Care Clinic", Loch Raven, Fall 2006
- "Shrubs for the Northern Garden", Autumn Sky Poetry
- "A Meditation on Dactylic Hexameter", The Barefoot Muse
Collections[]
- [1]In Code, Able Muse Press (November 27, 2020), ISBN 9781773490533
- [2]Street View, Able Muse Press (September 11, 2017), ISBN 978-1927409909
- Mid Evil, University of Evansville Press; (January, 2015), ISBN 978-0930982744
- [3]Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter, Able Muse Press; (September, 2013), ISBN 978-1-927409-14-5
- [4]Breath Control, David Robert Books; (February 1, 2012), ISBN 9781936370627
- Dissonance, Scienter Press; (December 1, 2009), ISBN 978-0-9776960-8-6
- Gardening in a Time of War (Pudding House, 2007). ISBN 978-1-58998-611-4
Essays[]
- "Blank Verse and Blinders", Shit Creek Review,
- Directory of indexing and abstracting courses and seminars, Editor Maryann Corbett, Information Today, Inc., 1998, ISBN 978-1-57387-056-6
References[]
- ^ "Biography". maryanncorbett.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "maryanncorbett.com". Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ "Security by Maryann Corbett". ShatterColors Literary Review. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Best American Poetry 2018". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Maryann Corbett". The HyperTexts. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- ^ Ward, Bill (2013-05-21). "Push for gender-neutral language continues". Minnesota Star-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Maryann Corbett : Blank Verse and Blinders". The Shit Creek Review. 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Directory of Writers | Maryann Corbett". Poets & Writers. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Maryann Corbett | bio". Able Muse. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Biography". maryanncorbett.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "Light Verse News". Light. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ Joyce Wilson (ed.). "Poetry Porch : Poets". Poetry Porch. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
External links[]
- "Maryann Corbett: The TNB Self-Interview". The Nervous Breakdown. June 15, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- "Maryann Corbett". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- American poets of Italian descent
- American women poets
- American writers of Italian descent
- College of William & Mary alumni
- Employees of the Minnesota Legislature
- Living people
- Poets from Minnesota
- Poets from Washington, D.C.
- Poets from Virginia
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni