Dora Malech(born September 4, 1981) is an American poet.
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| Born | September 4, 1981 New Haven,Connecticut, US |
| Alma mater | Yale University; University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Life
editMalech grew up inBethesda, Maryland,earned a BA in Fine Arts fromYale Universityin 2003, and received her MFA in Poetry from theUniversity of Iowa Writers' Workshopin 2005.[1]She has since taught writing at theUniversity of Iowa;Victoria University of Wellington,New Zealand;Kirkwood Community College;andAugustana College.She has served as Distinguished Poet-in-Residence atSaint Mary's College of California,and she is a co-founder and former director of the arts engagement organization the Iowa Youth Writing Project.[2]
She lives inBaltimore, Maryland,where she is the editor in chief ofThe Hopkins Reviewand an associate professor in TheJohns Hopkins Writing Seminarsin theZanvyl Krieger School of Arts and SciencesatJohns Hopkins University.[3]
Career
editMalech’s first full-length collection of poetry,Shore Ordered Ocean,was published in 2009 by The Waywiser Press.[4] TheCleveland State University Poetry Centerpublished her second collection,Say So,in 2010.[5]
The awards she has received for her poetry include a 2009 residency fellowship at theCivitella RanieriCenter in Italy, a 2010Ruth LillyPoetry Fellowship from thePoetry Foundation,and a 2017Amy ClampittResidency Award.[6][7][8]
Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, including The Academy of American Poets'Poem-a-Day: 365 Poems for Every Occasion,TheAcademy of American PoetsPoem-a-Day Series and Imagine Our Parks with Poems Series,Barn Owl Review,Barrow Street,Best New Zealand Poems,Chelsea,Denver Quarterly,Gargoyle Magazine,Gulf Coast,The Hopkins Review,Indiana Review,The Iowa Review,jubilat,The Morning News,New Orleans Review,The New Yorker,Painted Bride Quarterly,Poet Lore,Poetry,Poetry London,Sonora Review,Sport,Tin House,Versal,andThe Yale Review.[2]
Her poems were selected byNatasha TretheweyforBest New Poets2007,Mark StrandforNo Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine,andSherman AlexieforThe Best American Poetry2015.[2]
She collaborated with composerJacob Cooperon a track for his debut albumSilver Threads(Nonesuch Records,2014).[9]
Bibliography
editCollections
edit- Malech, Dora (1999).Inside & Elsewhere(Chapbook). Washington, DC: Argonne Hotel Press.ISBN9781887641265.[10]
- Malech, Dora (2009).Shore Ordered Ocean.Waywiser Press.ISBN9781904130390[11]
- Malech, Dora (2010).Say So.Cleveland State University Poetry Center.ISBN9781880834923[12]
List of poems
edit| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| To the you of ten years ago, now | 2013 | Malech, Dora (May 6, 2013)."To the you of ten years ago, now".The New Yorker.Vol. 89, no. 12. p. 36. |
References
edit- ^"Dora Malech".Poetry Foundation.2016-12-30.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^abc"About".Dora Malech.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"Dora Malech | The Writing Seminars | Johns Hopkins University".writingseminars.jhu.edu.7 May 2014.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"Shore Ordered Ocean – The Waywiser Press".waywiser-press.com.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"Say So".Cleveland State University Poetry Center.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^exhibit-e.com."Dora Malech - Fellows - Civitella Ranieri".www.civitella.org.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships".Poetry Foundation.2016-12-30.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"The Amy Clampitt Fund".www.amyclampitt.org.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-12-31.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^"Nonesuch Records Silver Threads".Nonesuch Records Official Website.Retrieved2016-12-30.
- ^Malech, Dora (1999-04-09).Inside & Elsewhere.Washington, D.C.: Argonne Hotel Press.ISBN9781887641265.
- ^Malech, Dora (2010).Shore Ordered Ocean.Waywiser Press.ISBN9781904130390.
- ^Malech, Dora (2010-11-29).Say So(First ed.). Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center.ISBN9781880834923.
External links
edit- Dora Malech’s Personal Website
- Malech's Profile on The Academy of American Poets Website
- Malech’s Profile on The Poetry Foundation Website
- Malech’s Profile on The Cleveland State University Poetry Center Website
- Malech's Profile on The Waywiser Press Website
- Malech’s Radio Interview on KCRW’s BookWorm
- Malech Featured on PBS NewsHour’s Art Beat