Martha Ronk
Appearance
Martha Clare Ronk (born 1940 Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet.
Life
[edit]She graduated from Wellesley College, and Yale University with a B.A. and Ph.D[1]. She taught at the University of Colorado and Otis College of Art and Design,[2] and Naropa University Summer Writing Program.[3] and Occidental College. She joined the Occidental faculty in 1981 and retired as a professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies in 2014.[4]
She has lived in Los Angeles since 1971.
Awards
[edit]- 2006 National Poetry Series[5]
- 2005 PEN USA award in poetry[6]
- Lynda Hull Poetry Award
- 2002 The Denver Quarterly[7]
- Artist Residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Djerassi
- MacArthur summer Research Grant
- Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship from Wellesley College
- Gertrude Stein Awards in Poetry
- NEA grant [8]
Works
[edit]Poetry
[edit]- Ocular Proof. Omnidawn Publishing. 2016. ISBN 978-1632430250
- Transfer of Qualities. Omnidawn Publishing. 2013. ISBN 978-1890650827
- "A MEMORY OF HER LODGED IN WET AIR AND SKIN"; "GETTING A HOLD"; "WHY DOES ONE DREAM OF THEM?", Jacket 13, April 2001
- "Objects". Boston Review. January–February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- "In a landscape of having to repeat", Poetry Foundation
- In a Landscape of Having to Repeat. Omnidawn Publishing. 2004. ISBN 978-1-890650-17-9.
- Why/Why Not. University of California Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-520-23811-4.
- Eyetrouble. University of Georgia Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8203-1992-6.
- Desert Geometries. Illustrator Don Suggs. Littoral Books. 1992. ISBN 978-1-55713-151-5.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: others (link) - Recent Terrains photographer Laurie Brown, Center for American Places, Johns Hopkins Press, 2000
- Desire in LA. University of Georgia Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-8203-1176-0.
- Vertigo, selections. Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56689-205-6. chapbook
- Prepositional. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books 2004.
- Quotidian chapbook, a+bend books, 2000
- Allegories chapbook with artist Tom Wudl, ML & NLF Books, 1998 Emblems, chapbook, Instress, 1998
Short stories
[edit]- Glass Grapes: And Other Stories. BOA Editions. 2008. ISBN 978-1-934414-13-2.
Memoir
[edit]- State of Mind. Sun & Moon Books. 1995. ISBN 978-1-55713-236-9.
- Displeasures of the Table. Green Integer. 2001. ISBN 978-1-892295-44-6.
Ploughshares
[edit]- "Cameras Came Then to Replace Descriptive Paragraphs". Ploughshares. Winter 2005–2006. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007.
- "Fishes". Ploughshares. Winter 1990–1991. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ "Martha Ronk". oxy.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Graduate Writing Faculty - Otis". Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "Vertigo: Coffee House Press: Books". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "Cheers, Tears for 2014". Occidental College | The Liberal Arts College in Los Angeles. 2014-05-18. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
- ^ "2006". National Poetry Series. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Literary Awards Winners Archive". PEN America. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "About Denver Quarterly". Denver Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "NEA Writers' Corner: Martha Ronk". Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
External links
[edit]- Martha Ronk Papers MSS 697. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Categories:
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Writers from Cleveland
- Wellesley College alumni
- Yale University alumni
- University of Colorado faculty
- Otis College of Art and Design faculty
- Naropa University faculty
- Occidental College faculty
- American women poets
- Chapbook writers
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century American poets
- American poet, 1940s birth stubs