Pattie McCarthy (born 1971) is an American poet and educator.
Pattie McCarthy | |
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| Born | 1971 Baltimore, MD |
| Education | Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Known for | Poetry |
| Awards | 2011 Pew Fellow in the Arts |
Biography
editMcCarthy completed undergraduate work at Towson University and received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1998.[1][2]
McCarthy's poetry has been noted for its use of medieval subjects, references, and imagery, in addition to "re-visioning historical texts and re-voicing what has suffered omission from sanctioned history."[3][4] More recent work has focused on tensions between public and private selves and day-to-day domesticities.[5] When interviewed, McCarthy has listed Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Cole Swensen, and Anne Waldman as influential to her own work and style.[3]
| External videos | |
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 “Pew Fellows from Home: Patty McCarthey”, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage |
McCarthy teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University. She has also taught at Loyola University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Towson University.[6]
McCarthy lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband, poet Kevin Varrone, and three children.[7]
Awards and honors
editMcCarthy was a Pew Fellow in the Arts in 2011.[8][9] In 2013, she was an artist resident at the Elizabeth Bishop House in Nova Scotia.[2]
Works
editBooks of poetry
edit- bk of (h)rs (Apogee Press, 2002) ISBN 9780966993776 OCLC 49612046
- Verso (Apogee Press, 2004) ISBN 9780974468747 OCLC 56663600
- Table Alphabetical of Hard Words (Apogee Press, 2010) ISBN 9780978766764 OCLC 759790659
- Marybones (Apogee Press, 2012) ISBN 9780985100735 OCLC 826737840
- Nulls (Horse Less Press, 2014) ISBN 9780982989678 OCLC 876350593
- Quiet Book (Apogee Press, 2016) ISBN 9780985100766 OCLC 953678346
- Wifthing (Apogee Press, 2021) ISBN 9781733137522 OCLC 1230218946
Chapbooks
edit- Octaves (ixnay press, 1998) OCLC 41899445
- Choragus (Potes & Poets Press, 1998) ISBN 9780937013847 OCLC 41162890
- alibi (that is : elsewhere) (Duration Press, 2003)
- L&O (Little Red Leaves Press, 2011)
- Domestic Cryptography Survey II (Dusie Kollektiv, 2013)
- scenes from the lives of my parents (Bloof Books, 2013) OCLC 881183162
- wifthing (WinteRed Press, 2014)
- Nova Scotia (Dusie Kollektiv, 2014)
- fifteen genre scenes (eth press, 2014)
- worrywort [with Jenn McCreary] (Little Red Leaves Press, 2014) OCLC 925832043
- x y z && (Ahsahta Press, 2015)
- margerykempething (eth press, 2017)
- qweyne wifthing (eth press, 2017)
References
edit- ^ Mclennan, Rob (2007-09-24). "12 or 20 questions: with Pattie McCarthy". 12 or 20 questions. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ a b "Pattie McCarthy: 2011 Pew Fellow". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ a b Mclennan, Rob (2014-07-02). "TtD supplement #3: eight questions for Pattie McCarthy". Touch the Donkey: A Small Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ Morrison, Rusty (2003-12-01). "Poetry Microreviews: December 2003/January 2004". Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum. ISSN 0734-2306.
- ^ "Christy Davids with Pattie McCarthy". The Conversant. December 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "poet: Pattie McCarthy". poets.org. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Poetry: Pattie McCarthy - from Marybones". OmniVerse.
- ^ Staff, Harriet. "Pew Fellowships in the Arts go to CAConrad and Pattie McCarthy". Poetry Foundation.
- ^ Hartig, Jean (November–December 2011). "Pew Center for Arts & Heritage: Pew Fellowships in the Arts". Poets & Writers Magazine.