Mary Jo Bang
Mary Jo Bang (born October 22, 1946, in Waynesville, Missouri) is an American poet.
Mary Jo Bang
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- Name
- Mary Jo Bang
- Born
- 22 October 1946
- Birthplace
- Waynesville, Missouri, USA
- Education
- Northwestern University Polytechnic of Central London Columbia University
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- United States.
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Berlin Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
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• Name — Mary Jo Bang • Born — 22 October 1946 • Birthplace — Waynesville, Missouri, USA • Education — Northwestern University Polytechnic of Central London Columbia University • Occupation — Poet
Life
Life
Bang grew up in Ferguson, Missouri. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's and Master's in sociology, from the Polytechnic of Central London with a Bachelor's in Photography, and from Columbia University, with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry). Previously, she has taught at Columbia College, Yale University, The New School for Social Research, University of Montana, Columbia University and at Iowa's Writing Workshop. Bang is currently a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has appeared in New American Writing, Paris Review, The New Yorker, A Public Space, The New Republic, Denver Quarterly, The New York Times, The New Yorker and Harvard Review. Bang was the poetry co-editor of the Boston Review from 1995 to 2005. She was a judge for the 2004 James Laughlin Award. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
List of poems
List of poems
• Title — |Year — |First published — |Reprinted/collected • The diary of a lost girl — 2001 • The Cruel Wheel Turns Twice — 2005 • So, So it Begins Means it Begins — 2009 • All Through the Night — 2013 • data-sort-value="head of a dancer"|The head of a dancer — 2017
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Identity and overview
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Publications and editions
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Scholarly record and reception
The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows. Recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship, Berlin Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
Author Mary Jo Bang at the 2024 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States.
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Collections
Collections
* * * * • Allegory (2004) * * • Let's say yes: chapbook (2011) • Her head in a rabbit hole: chapbook (2006) • The last two seconds: poems (2015) • A doll for throwing: poems (2017) • In translation • Eskapaden. Selected Poems. German/Engl. (Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2010)
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- “Mary Jo Bang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and recognitions
• RHINO Translation Prize (with Yuki Tanaka), 2020 • Gulf Coast Prize in Translation, 2018 • Berlin Prize Fellowship, 2015 • American Library Association Notable Book, 2013 • American Poets Notable Book, 2012 • Paumanok Poetry Award, 2010 • 100 Notable Books of 2008 • Publishers Weekly; "2007 Best Books of the Year" St. Louis Post-Dispatch; "Most Recommended" National Book • National Book Critics Circle Award, 2007 • Washington University Faculty Research Grant, Summer 2007, Summer 2014 • Bellagio Foundation Fellowship 2007 • Finalist, Anna Akhmatova Award 2006 • Bogliosco Foundation Fellowship 2005 • Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay di Castagnola Award 2005 (Fannie Howe, Judge) & 2002 (Brenda Hillman, Judge) • Guggenheim Fellowship 2004 • Linda Hull Award, 2004 • Pushcart Prize 2003 • "Louise in Love" listed in: "Notable Books in 2001" National Book Critics Circle; "Best Books of 2001" St. Louis Post-Dispatch • University of Georgia’s Contemporary Poets Series Competition 2000 (Mark Strand, Judge) • Hodder Fellowship, Princeton University 1999-2000 • Chateau Lavigny Fellowship 1999 • Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writer's Award 1998 • Yaddo Fellowship 1998 • "Apology for Want" listed in “Notable Books in 1997” by the National Book Critics Circle • Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship, 1997 • Katharine Bakeless Nason Publication Prize 1996 (Edward Hirsh, Judge) • MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 1996 • "Discovery" The Nation Poetry Award 1995 • Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets Poetry Competition, 1995 (Robert Pinsky, Judge) • Columbia University School of the Arts Dean's Award, 1994
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- 1.Hana Schuster. Faculty Profile: Mary Jo Bang. The Independant Newspaper of Washington University in Saint Louis. 30 août 2009.
- 2.Bang, Mary Jo 1946- Encyclopedia.com. encyclopedia.com.
- 3.Mary Jo Bang. enotes. 7 mai 2015.
- 4.Mary Jo Bang. Academy of American Poets.
- 5.Mary Jo Bang. Arts & Sciences. 2020-11-16.
- 6.Issue 18. New American Writing.
- 7.Article en auteur1= prénom1=Mary Jo nom1=Bang Two Poems The Paris Review 2008 lire en https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/5865/two-poems-mary-jo-bang consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 8.Mary Jo Bang Archives – The Paris Review. The Paris Review.
- 9.“The Head of a Dancer”. The New Yorker.
- 10.Article en-US auteur1= An Individual Equinox Suitable for Framing New Republic 25, septembre 2013 lire en https://newrepublic.com/article/114459/individual-equinox-suitable-framing-poem-mary-jo-bang consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 11.Home Denver Quarterly University of Denver. du.edu.
- 12.Mary Jo Bang. Boston Review. 2012-06-12.
- 13.Mary Jo Bang Harvard Review Online. harvardreview.org.
- 14.The Yale Review. yalereview.yale.edu.
- 15.The Best American Poetry Series Home Page. bestamericanpoetry.com.
- 16.Article en-US auteur1= Mary Jo Bang - American Academy American Academy 2017 lire en http://www.americanacademy.de/person/mary-jo-bang/ consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 17.Jacket 12 - Mary Jo Bang - six poems. jacketmagazine.com.
- 18.Boston Review.
- 19.Article auteur1= An Evening of Poetry with Boston Review at Harvard Book Store Harvard Square December 9, 2015 lire en http://www.harvardsquare.com/evening-poetry-boston-review-harvard-book-store consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 20.Article auteur1= Faculty Profile: Mary Jo Bang Student Life August 30, 2009 lire en http://www.studlife.com/scene/2009/08/30/faculty-profile-mary-jo-bang/ consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 21.Mary Jo Bang — Elegy. greatamericanpinup.blogspot.fr.
- 22.Mary Jo Bang Biography - eNotes.com. eNotes.
- 23.Article en-US Paid Notice: Deaths VAN HOOK, MICHAEL DONNER The New York Times 2004-06-24 0362-4331 lire en https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/classified/paid-notice-deaths-van-hook-michael-donner.html consulté le=2017-07-29 .
- 24.A Study Guide for Mary Jo Bang's "Allegory". Gale, Cengage Learning. 2016. 978-1-4103-3963-8.
- 25.Article en auteur1= Mary Jo Bang Penny's poetry pages Wiki 2015 lire en http://pennyspoetry.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Jo_Bang consulté le=2017-07-31 .
- 26.Mary Jo Bang Department of English. english.artsci.wustl.edu.
- 27.Mary Jo Bang Columbia - School of the Arts. arts.columbia.edu.
- 28.Columbia University School of the Arts Poets & Writers. pw.org.
- 29.MARY JO BANG. english.artsci.wustl.edu. 2015.
- 30.Columbia College Chicago. colum.edu.
- 31.Fiction Book Review: Apology for Want by Mary Jo Bang, Author University Press of New England $13.95 (80p). PublishersWeekly.com. 978-0-87451-822-1.
- 32.Bonnie Blader. Louise in Love The Downstream Extremity of the Isle of Swans Rain Taxi.
- 33.David Kirby. Louise in Love. archive.nytimes.com. 4 mars 2001.
- 34.Rachel Barenblat. 'The Downstream Extremity of the Isle of Swans' reviewed by Rachel Barenblat. Pif Magazine.
- 35.David. Orr. In Memoriam. The New York Times. 2008-03-30. 0362-4331. 2020-08-11.
- 36.Jerry Adler. Poetry: Mary Jo Bang's Dark, Inspirational 'Elegy'. Newsweek. 23 mai 2008.
- 37.Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief's Poetic Form, the Elegy. PBS NewsHour. 2008-04-10.
- 38.Karla Kesley. The Bride of E – Constant Critic.
- 39.‘The Last Two Seconds’ by Mary Jo Bang. Coldfront.
- 40.Issue Thirteen: Meriwether Clarke The Adroit Journal. The Adroit Journal.
- 41.David. Orr. The Best Poetry Books of 2015. The New York Times. 2015-12-23. 0362-4331. 2021-05-30.
- 42.Jeremy McGuire. a book review : Inferno: A New Translation. nyjournalofbooks.com.
- 43.Mary Jo Bang Translates Dante's Poetry with Pop Culture Twist. Tiferet Journal. 2012-08-08.
- 44.Mary Jo Bang Discusses Purgatorio. The New Yorker. 23 décembre 2019.
- 45.Mary Jo Bang. Washington University in Saint Louis Arts & Sciences.
- 46.Bang, Mary Jo 1946- Encyclopedia.com. encyclopedia.com.
- 47.The Hodder Fellowship. Lewis Center for the Arts.
- 48.Mary Jo Bang. Poetry Foundation. 2020-08-11.
- 49.John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Mary Jo Bang.
- 50.Award Winners. Poetry Society of America.
- 51.Poet Mary Jo Bang wins National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry The Source Washington University in St. Louis. The Source. 2008-03-17.
- 52.2009 Winners. Poetry Society of America.
- 53.Poet Mary Jo Bang receives Berlin Prize Fellowship The Source Washington University in St. Louis. The Source. 2014-06-24.
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