Sandra McPherson
Sandra Jean McPherson (August 2, 1943 – August 20, 2024) was an American poet and professor.
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Sandra McPherson
- Birth Name
- Sandra Jean McPherson
- Born
- 2 August 1943
- Birthplace
- San Jose, California, U.S.
- Died
- 20 August 2024
- Place of death
- Davis, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Professor
- Education
- San Jose State University (BA) University of Washington (PhD)
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Languages
- English
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Biography
Biography
Sandra McPherson studied at University of Washington and San Jose State University. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with University of California, Davis. Work by Sandra McPherson is recorded in the collections of Oregon Poetry Collection. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Sandra Jean McPherson • Born — 2 August 1943 • Birthplace — San Jose, California, U.S. • Died — 20 August 2024 • Place of death — Davis, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Professor • Poet • Education — San Jose State University (BA) University of Washington (PhD) • Workplaces — University of California, Davis
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Sandra McPherson appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (born 2 August 1943). The birth of Sandra McPherson is recorded on 2 August 1943 in San Jose, California.
Early life and education
Early life and education
McPherson was born and raised in San Jose, California to parents Frances McPherson and, basketball coach and athletics administrator, Walt McPherson. McPherson received her B.A. at San José State University and studied at the University of Washington, with Elizabeth Bishop and David Wagoner. Carolyn Kizer, as editor of Poetry Northwest, published McPherson's first published poems.
Works
Works
• A Pumpkin at New Year’s, Poetry online • Black Soap, Poetry (February 1980) • Eschatology, Poetry (April 1970) • For Elizabeth Bishop, Poetry online • Grouse, Poetry (March 2006) • Lions, Poetry online • Peddler, Poetry online • Resigning from a Job in a Defense Industry, Poetry online • Seaweeds, Poetry (November 1972) • The Delicacy, Poetry online • Triolet, Poetry (July 1973) • Pisces Child, Poetry365
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Editor
Editor
• Journey from Essex: Poems for John Clare, Graywolf Press (Port Townsend, WA), 1981. • The Pushcart Prize XIV: Best of the Small Presses, 1989-90, (with Bill Henderson and Laura Jensen), Pushcart Press (Wainscott, NY), 1989. • "Swan Scythe Press", (Davis, CA), founder and editor, 1999-2011. • Poetry Editor, California Quarterly (1985-7). • Poetry Editor, The Iowa Review (mid-1970s - 1980). • Poetry Editor, Antioch Review (early 1980s).
Books
• Elegies for the Hot Season, Indiana University Press (Bloomington), 1970. • Radiation, Ecco Press (New York City), 1973. • The Year of Our Birth, Ecco Press, 1978. • Sensing, Meadow Press (San Francisco), 1980. • Patron Happiness, Ecco Press, 1983. • Pheasant Flower, Owl Creek Press (Missoula, MT), 1985. • Floralia, illustrations by Claire Van Vliet, Janus Press (Portland, OR), 1985. • Responsibility for Blue, Trilobite Press (Denton, TX), 1985. • At the Grave of Hazel Hall, Ives Street Press (Sweden, ME), 1988. • Streamers, Ecco Press, 1988. • Designating Duet, Janus Press (West Burke, VT), 1989. • The God of Indeterminacy, University of Illinois Press, 1993. • Edge Effect: Trails and Portrayals, University Press of New England (Hanover, NH), 1996. • The Spaces between Birds: Mother/Daughter Poems, 1967–1995, University Press of New England, 1996. • Beauty in Use, Janus Press, 1997. • "A Visit to Civilization", Wesleyan, 2002. • "Handmade Definition of Obscurity", Janus, 2005 (a broadside). • "Expectation Days", Illinois, 2007. • "Certain Uncollected Poems", Ostrakon, 2012. • "Outline Scribe", Ostrakon, 2015. • "The Danger Is", Salmon Poetry Press, 2018 • The 5150 Poems, Nine Mile Press, 2022 • Speech Crush, Gunpowder Press, 2023 *
Teaching
She has taught at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Haystack Portland State University, University of California, Berkeley Spring 1981 or 1982 as Roberta Holloway Visiting Lecturer, and the Art of the Wild Conference. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Davis. Having been a featured poet on the poetry circuits of Ohio, Kentucky, and Connecticut, she has also read in most states: Washington D.C., Louisiana, Georgia, Indiana, Utah, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Florida, Delaware, Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, and California. In 1979, Sandra McPherson visited the University of New Orleans with Tess Gallagher and Galway Kinnell through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Honors
• Ingram Merrill Foundation grants • National Endowment of the Arts fellowships • Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship • American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award
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- 1.Sandra McPherson. Davis Enterprise. September 6, 2024.
- 2.Walter McPherson. San Jose Mercury News. January 17, 2013.
- 3.Jessop, Annet. Contemporary American Women Poets: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Press. 233. 2002. 0313317836.
- 4.Poets, Academy of American. Sandra McPherson. Poets.org.
- 5.Poetry Northwest, Autumn 1965. Poetry Northwest.
- 6.Sandra McPherson. The Poetry Foundation.
- 7.Biography, UC Davis.
- 8.Nikos, Karen Michele. Poetry Night Thursday Features Davis Literary Giants. UC Davis. 2019-05-10.
- 9.Cooke, John. Three Poets on the Teaching of Poetry. College English. 42. 2. 133. 1980. 10.2307/375832.
- 10.Psychology In Poetry: In Conversation With Sandra McPherson Psychology Today. www.psychologytoday.com.
- 11.Interview // "Speech Crush": A Conversation with Sandra McPherson. www.poetrynw.org. 29 June 2023.
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