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MARILYN L. TAYLOR
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Creative Writing)
- M.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Linguistics)
- B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison (Mass Communications)
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
- Going Wrong. Parallel Press, forthcoming 2009
- The Seven Very Liberal Arts. Aralia Press, 2006
- Subject to Change. David Robert Books, 2004
- Exit Only: Twenty-One Poems. Anamnesis Press, 2001
- Greatest Hits. Puddinghouse Press, 2001
- Shadows Like These. Wm Caxton Ltd, 1994
- The Accident of Light. Thorntree Press, 1991
Articles and Essays:
- "Give 'Em the Beat" and "Hot Stuff: Victorian Women Poets". Two essays forthcoming in THE POET IN US: Tips on Writing by and for Today's Women.
- "Want a Fun Poetic Challenge?" [on writing the sestina]. THE WRITER, June 2008
- "Brainstorm to Begin a List Poem". THE WRITER, April 2008
- "Make a Great Work of Art the Starting Point of Your Poem". THE WRITER, Feb. 2008
- "The Tao of Poetry Submission". THE WRITER, Dec. 2007
- "Writing Like a Woman". THE WRITER, Oct. 2007
- "27 Ways to Please a Poetry Editor". THE WRITER, July 2007
- "Put Your Poetry Through the Paces". THE WRITER, Feb. 2007
- "Tips for Finding the Right Words". THE WRITER, Dec. 2006
- "Writing the Dramatic Monologue". THE WRITER, Oct. 2006
- "Travel Poetry". THE WRITER, August 2006
- "Mothers and Daughters". THE WRITER, June 2006
- "Rx for an Ailing Poem". THE WRITER, April 2006
- "The Sonnet: Not Just for the Lovelorn Anymore". THE WRITER, Oct. 2005
- "The Virtues of the Iambic Pentameter". THE WRITER, July 2005
- "Get the Beat". THE WRITER, June 2005
- "Going Formal". THE WRITER, August 2004
Anthologies:
- Open Poetry Sonnet Anthology, 2008: Hand Luggage Only. Open Poetry, Leicestershire, UK, 2008.
"Posthumous Instructions"
- Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv. Red Hen Press, 2008.
"Reading the Obituaries"
- A Walk in My Garden. Outrider Press, 2007.
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
- Alhambra Press Poetry Calendar Anthology, 2006, 2007, 2008. Alhambra Press, Brussels, Belgium.
"At the End" (2008)
"Posthumous Instructions" (2007)
"Poem for a 75th Birthday (2006)
- FamousPoemsandPoets.com
"Reading the Obituaries"
"The Blue Water Buffalo"
"The Geniuses Among Us"
- On Retirement: 75 Poems. U of Iowa Press, 2007.
"Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
- Discovering Genre: Poetry. Prestwick House, 2006. (Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award for Reading and Language Instruction from the Assn. of Educational Publishers)
"The Blue Water Buffalo"
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
- Thirty American Women Poets of the 20th Century: a Dual-Language Anthology. Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett, Munich, 2006.
"Summer Sapphics"
"For Lucy, Who Came First"
"Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
"Subject to Change"
- Rhymes for Adults. Virginia Reals Press, 2006.
"Again"
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
- The Poem Tree: an Anthology of Formal Verse. www.poemtree.com, 2004.
Ten poems
- Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology. Universities West Press, 2005.
"The Blue Water Buffalo"
- Body Language: a Head-to-Toe Anthology. Black Moss Press, 2003.
"Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"
- When I Was a Child. PoetWorks Press. January 2003.
"Legacy"
"Notes from a Family Picnic"
- The POETRY Anthology, 1912-2002. Ivan R. Dee, Publisher. October, 2002.
"To a Young Diver"
- Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage. Poetworks/Grayson Books, January, 2003.
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
- Smaller Than God: Words of Spiritual Longing. Black Moss Press, 2001.
"The Agnostic's Villanelle"
- The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and the People Who Love Them. Fairview Press, 2001.
"One Last Favor"
"Leaving the Clinic"
- New Voices: University and College Poetry Prizes, 8th Edition, 1989-1998. Academy of American Poets, 2001.
"To See in the Dark" (excerpt)
- Henry's Creature: Poems and Stories on the Automobile. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 2000.
"Drive All Night"
"What They Don't Know"
- Claiming the Spirit Within: a Sourcebook of Women's Poetry. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.
"The Lovers at Eighty"
- Espresso Poetry. Milwaukee, WI: Audubon Court, 1994.
"At the End"
"The Lovers at Eighty"
- I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted. Watsonville, CA: Papier Mache Press, 1994.
"The Lovers at Eighty"
- Dreams and Secrets. Milwaukee, WI: Woodland Pattern Book Center, 1993.
"What They Don't Know"
- Wisconsin Poetry. Eau Claire, WI: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, 1991.
"The Boy on the Plane"
"The Tenth Avenue Care Home"
Journals:
- The Alabama Literary Review (Spring, 2007)
"Studying the Menu"
"Late November"
- The American Scholar 66.1 (Winter 1997) 120.
"Rondeau: Old Woman With Cat"
- Ars Poetica at www.logolalia.com (August 4 - 6, 2007)
"Cover Letter"
"Trocha-spondaloopian Sonnet"
"In Memory of the Nissan Stanza Wagon"
- The Atlanta Review (October, 2007).
"The Seven Very Liberal Arts"
- Blue Unicorn 12.1 (October 1988) 12.
"A Love Song, Continued"
- The Cream City Review 27.2 (Spring 2003)
"After Twenty Years"
"The Native"
- The Cream City Review 17.2 (Fall 1993) 125.
"Clown"
- The Cream City Review 12.1 (Winter 1988) 76 - 78.
"At Pompano"
"Earth Mother"
- Dogwood (Spring 2003)
"Notes from the Good-Girl Chronicles, 1963"
- Evansville Review (2006)
"Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"
"Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
- Free Verse (#84, 2006)
"Memo to a Late Baby"
"Father Goose"
"The Geniuses Among Us"
"The Collector"
"Cover Letter"
"Three Lies: a Glose"
- Free Verse (#93, 2007)
"The Amazing Perseverance of the Sandhill Crane"
"First Day in London"
- The Formalist 10.1 (1999) 120.
"Splitting"
- The Formalist 11.2 (2000) 106.
"Reading the Obituaries"
- GSU Review (Spring 2001), 7.
"On Learning, Late in Life, that Your Mother Was a Jew"
- Indiana Review 14.3 (Spring 1992) 143-44.
"The Lovers at Eighty"
"Drive All Night"
- Iris 38 (Winter/Spring 1999), 76.
"To Lucy, Who Came First"
- Irish American Post (July 2001) Vol. 2, Issue 2
"Oh Lord, How I'd Love to Be Irish"
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 279, No. 17 (May 6, 1998) 1396.
"Another Thing I Ought to Be Doing"
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 279, No. 22 (June 10, 1998) 1766.
"Leaving the Clinic"
- Kalliope: a Journal of Women's Art 11.2 (1989) 64.
"I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows"
- Kansas Quarterly 23, Numbers 1-2 (Spring 1992) 24-25.
"Before You Were Born"
"The Globetrotter"
- The Ledge #25 (September 2001)
"Explication of a True Story"
"Dispatch from the Cold War, 1951"
"On Learning, Late in Life, that Your Mother Was a Jew"
"Always Questions"
"After the Countdown"
- MEASURE (forthcoming 2008)
"November in Verona, Wisconsin"
- Mezzo Cammin (2006)
"Nice Try"
"Latter-day Letter to ESVM"
"Again"
- Midcoaster 1.1 (Winter 1986) 11.
"In Tanzania"
- Midland Review 8 (Spring 1992) 10.
"From the Ice Cave"
- Midwesterner (June 19, 2004), website
"Surveying the Damage"
- Other Poetry [U.K.] Vol. 1 (1995) 18.
"To My Neighbor John, Who Is Completely Happy"
- Passager 29 (1998) 6.
"Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
- Passager 32 (2000) 13 - 20
"The Aging Huntress Speaks to Her Reflection"
"Agnostic's Villanelle"
"I Miss You and I'm Drunk"
- Plains Poetry Journal 24 (July 1988) 30-31.
"In Mr. Warren's Den"
"Sixty-Five"
- Poemeleon (Summer, 2006)
"In Other News"
"The Blue Water Buffalo"
"Subject to Change"
- Poemeleon (Summer, 2007)
"To My Neighbor John Who Is Completely Happy"
"Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
"Reverie with Fries"
- Poet Lore 88.3 (Fall 1993) 14.
"What They Don't Know"
- Poetry 158.3 (June 1991) 137.
"To a Young Diver"
- Poetry 162.4 (July 1993) 222.
"Golden Warriors End Year With Big Loss"
- Poetry 174.3 (June 1999) 142-143.
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
"Summer Sapphics"
- Poetry 180.5 (August 2002) 257-258
"The Geniuses Among Us"
"Subject to Change"
- Poetry Daily On-Line Journal (featured poem, June 22, 1999)
"Summer Sapphics"
- Poetry Northwest 28.4 (Winter 1987-88) 41-42.
"Late in the Wet Season"
"The Tenth Avenue Care Home"
- Poets On 17.2 (Spring 1993) 13.
"One Last Favor"
- Primavera, Vol. 24 (2002)
"1949"
"Chemotherapy"
- Raintown Review (Spring 2006)
"Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
- Raintown Review (February 2007)
"Notice from the Sweet Chariot Funeral Parlor"
- Smartish Pace (Spring/Summer 2000)
"Voice Mail for Wallace Stevens"
"To a Cat Gone Blind in his Eighteenth Summer"
"Ballade of the Open Mike"
- Smartish Pace Anniversary Issue 10 (April 2004)
"In Other News"
- Smartish Pace Issue 13
"To the Mother of a Dead Marine"
- Southern California Anthology 9 (1991) 112-118.
"Transparencies: the Photographer's Last Letters to Her Son"
- Transactions: Journal of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 80, (1992) 129-30.
"Miss Martin at Four O'Clock"
"Tercets from the Train"
- Umbrella, 4, Winter 2007
"Aunt Eudora's Harlequin Romance"
- Valparaiso Poetry Review, Vol. II No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2001)
"Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"
"Poem for a 75th Birthday"
- Verse Daily, May 8, 2004
"The Geniuses Among Us"
- Wheelhouse, Spring 2007
"To the Mother of a Dead Marine"
"The Blue Water Buffalo"
- Writing Women [U.K.] 11.1 (1995) 40-41.
"Caveat for Poets"
"At the End"
- Wisconsin Academy Review 50.2 (Spring 2004)
"Sappho Under the Arches"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2003
"Surveying the Damage"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2004
"The Wilderness Has No Straight Lines"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2005
"Crickets: a late Chorale"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2006
"Valentine for a Bashful Boy"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2008
"Cover Letter"
- Wisconsin Poets Calendar, 2009 (forthcoming)
"Another Reason Never to Live North of 43 Degrees Latitude, Especially Near Lake Michigan"
- Wisconsin Review 22.2 (February 1988) 58.
"Speak to Me in the Oldest Tongue"
- ZinkZine: a Literary E-Zine of Fine Writing (Issue #3, Winter 2002)
"What They Don't Know"
"The Showdown"
"The Vow"
"To My Neighbor John, Who is Completely Happy"
"The Lovers at Eighty"
- ZinkZine: a Literary E-Zine of Fine Writing (Issue #9, Spring 2006)
"What Lips" (a collaboration)
POETRY AWARDS AND PRIZES
- Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, October, 2008
- Finalist, Open Poetry Sonnet Competition (U.K.), February, 2008
- International Publication Prize, The Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 2007
- Honorable Mentions (two), Dancing Galliard Sonnet Contest, 2007
- Finalist, Erskine J. Poetry Prize, 2006
- Finalist, Frost Foundation Poetry Awards, 2005
- Nomination, THE POETS PRIZE, 2005
- Two Pushcart Prize nominations, 2005
- Honorable Mention, Anne Posner Poetry Book Award. Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2005
- Second Place, Emily Dickinson Award, Universities West Press, 2004
- POET LAUREATE, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, 2004 - 2005
- First Prize, Dogwood Poetry Competition, 2003
- Finalist, New Millennium Writings, 2003
- Runner-Up, Stanzas Prize (David Robert Books), 2003
- Semi-finalist, Emily Dickinson Award, Universities West Press, 2003
- Finalist, Pearl Poetry Prize, 2002 and 2003
- Finalist, Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, 2002 and 2003
- Finalist, John Ciardi Prize, BkMk Press, 2002
- Finalist, Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, 2002
- First Prize, GSU Review Poetry Contest, 2001
- First Prize, The Ledge 2000 Poetry Awards Competition
- Merit Award winner, Atlanta Review Poetry 2000 International Poetry Competition
- First Prize, Anamnesis Press Poetry 2000 Chapbook Competition
- Finalist (7th place), 2000 Writers Digest Writing Competition
- Pushcart Prize nomination, 2000
- First Place Award, Passager Poetry Contest, 1999
- Honorable Mention, River Styx Poetry Competition, 1998
- Honorable Mention, Passager Poetry Competition, 1998
- Outstanding Achievement Recognition Award for Shadows Like These, Wisconsin Library Association, 1995
- Fellowship, Wisconsin Arts Board, 1993
- Finalist, Washington Prize for Poetry, 1992
- Finalist, Snake Nation Press Poetry Competition, 1992
- Semi-Finalist, Morse Poetry Prize, 1992
- Kansas Arts Board/Kansas Quarterly Award, 1992
- Charles Simic Master Class, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY, 1992
- Associated Writing Programs Intro Award, 1991
- Academy of American Poets Prize, UW-Milwaukee, 1991
- Wladislaw Cieszynski Memorial Prize, UW-Milwaukee,1991
- Second Place Award, Ann Stanford Memorial Prize Competition, University of Southern California, 1991
- First Prize for Poetry, Sigma Tau Delta of Southeastern Wisconsin, 1991
- Finalist, Martha Scott Trimble Poetry Competition, Fort Collins, CO, 1991
- Honorable Mention, Blue Unicorn Poetry Competition, 1988
- Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets Prize, UW-Milwaukee, 1987
ADDITIONAL HONORS, APPOINTMENTS, PRESENTATIONS
- Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2008)
- Visiting Poet and Workshop Facilitator, Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL (2007)
- Judge, Greenburgh Poetry Competition, Greenburgh, NY (2007)
- Judge, Illinois State Poetry Society (2006 and 2007)
- Featured writer, "Celebrity Saturday", Allwriters Studio, Waukesha, WI (2005, 2006, 2007)
- Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI (2006)
- Visiting Poet, West Chester University, West Chester, PA (2006)
- Visiting Poet, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT (2006)
- Keynote Speaker, Suburban Prairie League Writing Festival, Geneva, IL (2006)
- Final Judge, Wisconsin Academy Review Poetry Contest (2006)
- Panelist, Wisconsin Book Festival - Madison, WI 2003, 2004, 2005
- Presenter, Wisconsin Book Festival - Madison, WI, 2005, 2006
- Panelist, Midwest Modern Language Assn. (2005)
- Presenter, American Literature Assn. conference, San Diego, CA (2005)
- Kenote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Delta Kappa Gamma Society Northwest Regional Conference, Milwaukee (2005)
- Judge, Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, Milwaukee Art Museum (2005,'06,'07)
- Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, Wisconsin Statewide High School Creative Writing Festival, UW-Whitewater (2004)
- Visiting Poet, Marian College, Fond du Lac, WI (2004)
- Visiting Poet, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL (2004)
- Judge, Free Verse Magazine poetry contest, (2004)
- Judge, Triad Sonnet Contest, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, (2004)
- Poetry editor, A Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, Milwaukee and Madison, (2004)
- Library of Congress "Poetry at Noon" Reading Series, Washington DC, (2004)
- Visiting Writer, Portland State University, Portland, OR (April 2003)
- Poetry editor, Printstar Publishing, Milwaukee, WI (2002-2003)
- Contest Co-chair, Council for Wisconsin Writers (2002-present)
- Featured Poet, Poetry magazine website (www.poetrymagazine.org): (August, 2002)
- Poetry Judge, The Wisconsin Academy Review poetry competition (2002)
- Visiting Poet, Colorado Council on the Arts, Montrose, CO (2002)
- Poetry Judge, Impressions Prize competition, UW-Madison (2002)
- Woodland Pattern Book Center, Board of Directors (2002-2005)
- Board of Visitors, Dept. of English, UW-Madison (1999-2003)
- Keynote speaker, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Conference (2001)
- Visiting Poet, Ripon College, Ripon, WI (2001, 2004)
- Visiting Poet, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)
- Arthur Dakin Fellowship, Sewanee Writers Conference, Sewanee, TN (1999)
- Visiting Poet, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (1996)
- Presenter, Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester University. West Chester, PA (1995 and 1996)
- Visiting Poet, California State University at Chico (1993)
- Poetry Editor, The Cream City Review, (1988-1991)
- Presenter, Midwest Modern Language Assn., Indiana University (1984)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- Workshop Facilitator, Redbird Studios - Milwaukee, WI 2007, 2008
- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, THE WRITER
- ASSOCIATE LECTURER, The Honors Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING (ret.), Dept. of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Member, Wisconsin State Poet Laureate Commission, 2003 - 2005
- Workshop Facilitator, St. Joseph's Writers Retreat - Baileys Harbor, WI 2003
- Faculty, Bjorklunden Institute of Lawrence University - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Workshop Facilitator, Muskego Public Library
- Faculty, University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Dept., 1996 - present
- Faculty, The Telesis Institute, 2003, 2004 - Alverno College, Milwaukee
- Co-Chair, Council for Wisconsin Writers Annual Writing Competitions, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Poetry Judge, Wisconsin Academy Review Poetry Competition, 2002
- Poetry Editor, A Cup of Poems and a Side of Prose, Milwaukee and Madison
- Poetry Editor, Printstar Publishing, Milwaukee, 2003
- Poetry Judge, University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Union Competition, 2002
- Board of Visitors, Dept. of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999 - 2004)
- Council of Wisconsin Writers, Board of Directors (1999-present)
- Literary Chair and Poetry Judge, Art Futures of Milwaukee County: Individual Artists Fellowships Competition, 1999
- Workshop Facilitator, Barnes & Noble, 2001
- Instructor, University Outreach Writing Program
- Teacher and Workshop Facilitator, Woodland Pattern Book Center
- Faculty, Annual High School Creative Writing Festival: UW-Whitewater
- Teacher and Workshop Facilitator, Redbird Studios
- Poetry Editor, The Cream City Review, 1988-91
ARTICLES, SCHOLARSHIP, Etc.
- Panelist, "The Art of Doggerel: Ogden Nash": Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2008
- Chair, Critical Seminar on Prosody for the 21st Century: Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2007
- Chair, Critical Seminars on Women Formalists: Conference on Form and Narrative, West Chester, PA, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Panel Chair (various topics): West Chester Poetry Conference, West Chester, PA, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Panelist, Associated Writing Programs conference, Austin, TX, 2006
- Poetry Editor, The Writer magazine: Bi-monthly articles on poetic craft, 2005, 2006 and continuing bi-monthly
- Panelist, American Literature Assn. conference, San Diego, CA, 2005
- Panelist, National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 2004
- Critical Seminar: "The Recent Usage and Prospects of Non-Iambic Meters": West Chester University, West Chester, PA (2002)
- Conference, Exploring Form and Narrative: "Homeless and Hapless: The Wanderer in Translation". Paper presented at West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1998)
- Conference, Exploring Form & Narrative: "Syntax, Rhythm, and the Comeback of Prosodic Analysis: Howard Nemerov's Brainstorm". Paper presented at West Chester University, West Chester, PA (1995)
- Hellas : a Journal of Poetry and the Humanities 6.2 (Fall/Winter 1995) 103-13 "Syntax, Rhythm, and the Comeback of Prosodic Analysis: Howard Nemerov's Brainstorm"
- 1984 Conference, Midwest Modern Language Assn.: Paper, "The Rhythms of Free Verse: D.H. Lawrence's ‘The Ship of Death'". Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1984)
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