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Camille Dungy

Camille T. Dungy (born 1972) is an American poet and professor.

Camille Dungy
Dungy at the 2018 U.S. National Book Festival
BornCamille T. Dungy
1972 (age 50–51)
Denver, Colorado, US
OccupationPoet and academic
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University; University of North Carolina, Greensboro
GenrePoetry
Website
camilledungy.com

Career

Born in Denver, Colorado, Dungy graduated from Stanford University (BA) and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where she earned her MFA.[1]

She is the author of four poetry collections – Trophic Cascade (Wesleyan University Press, 2016), Smith Blue (Southern Illinois University Press, 2011), Suck on the Marrow (Red Hen Press, 2010) and What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison (Red Hen Press, 2006) – as well as a recent collection of essays entitled Guidebook to Relative Strangers (W.W. Norton, 2017). Dungy is editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (UGA, 2009), co-editor of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (Persea, 2009), and assistant editor of Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade (University of Michigan Press, 2006).[2] Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including The American Poetry Review, Poetry, Callaloo, The Missouri Review,[3] Crab Orchard Review, Poetry Daily. She is also a contributor to Margaret Busby's 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa.[4]

Dungy's honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Cave Canem, the American Antiquarian Society, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and she is the recipient of the 2011 American Book Award, a 2010 California Book Award silver medal, a two-time recipient of the Northern California Book Award, and a two-time NAACP Image Award nominee.[5][6] Recently a professor in the Creative Department at San Francisco State University (2011–2013), she is currently a professor in the English Department at Colorado State University.[7] In 2019, Dungy was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her poetry.[8][9]

Awards

  • 2019: Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 2013: Sustainable Arts Foundations Promise Award
  • 2011: American Book Award
  • 2011: California Book Award Silver Medal
  • 2011: Northern California Book Award
  • 2010: Crab Orchard Open Poetry Series
  • 2010: Northern California Book Award
  • 2007: Dana Award in Poetry
  • 2003: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

Essays

  • Guidebook to Relative Strangers, W.W. Norton, 2017

Editor

  • Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, University of Georgia Press, 2009
  • Toi Derricotte; Cornelius Eady; Camille T. Dungy, eds. (2006). Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade. University of Michigan Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-472-06924-8. Camille Dungy.
  • Camille T. Dungy; Matt O'Donnell; Jeffrey Thomson, eds. (2009). From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems That Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great. Persea Books. ISBN 978-0-89255-348-8.

Anthologies

  • Lucille Lang Day and Ruth Nolan (eds.), Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. Scarlet Tanager Books, 2018
  • Melissa Tuckey (ed.), Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018
  • Charles Rowell (ed.),Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry, New York: W. W. Norton, 2013
  • Anne Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street (eds), The Ecopoetry Anthology, Trinity University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1595341464
  • Joshua Corey and G. C. Waldrep (eds), The Arcadia Project, Ahsahta Press, 2012
  • New California Writing. Heyday Books, 2012
  • Emily Rosko and Anton VanderZee (eds), A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line. The University of Iowa Press, 2011
  • Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy (eds), The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2011
  • Nikki Giovanni (ed.), The 100 Best African American Poems. Sourcebooks: 2010
  • Julie Greicius and Elissa Bassist (eds), Rumpus Women, Vol. I, The Rumpus Book Club, 2010
  • The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed. San Francisco, CA: Sixteen Rivers Press, 2010
  • Nikky Finney, ed. (2007). "Dinah in the Box". The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. University of Georgia Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8203-2926-0.
  • Gerry LaFemina; Chad Prevost, eds. (2006). Evensong: Contemporary American Poets on Spirituality. Bottom Dog Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-933964-01-0.

References

  1. ^ "Camille T. Dungy", Poetry Foundation.
  2. ^ "Camille T. Dungy", From the Fishouse – an audio archive of emerging poets.
  3. ^ "Poetry". The Missouri Review. University of Missouri--Columbia. Dept of English: 135–137. 2001.
  4. ^ "The New Daughters of Africa". New Internationalist. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  6. ^ Bio, Camille T. Dungy website.
  7. ^ "Camille Dungy" at Colorado State University.
  8. ^ Udell, Erin. "CSU English professor awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship". Coloradoan. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  9. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Camille T. Dungy". Retrieved 2020-01-29.

External links

  • Official website
  • "Camille T. Dungy", Kenyon Review interview
  • Audio Reading: Camille Dungy Reading, From the Fishouse
  • Interview with Dungy on Words on a Wire
  • Poems: . Torch. Fall 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  • Black Nature: Poems Of Promise And Survival - audio report by NPR

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Camille T Dungy born 1972 is an American poet and professor Camille DungyDungy at the 2018 U S National Book FestivalBornCamille T Dungy1972 age 50 51 Denver Colorado USOccupationPoet and academicNationalityAmericanEducationStanford University University of North Carolina GreensboroGenrePoetryWebsitecamilledungy wbr com Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Published works 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditBorn in Denver Colorado Dungy graduated from Stanford University BA and the University of North Carolina Greensboro where she earned her MFA 1 She is the author of four poetry collections Trophic Cascade Wesleyan University Press 2016 Smith Blue Southern Illinois University Press 2011 Suck on the Marrow Red Hen Press 2010 and What to Eat What to Drink What to Leave for Poison Red Hen Press 2006 as well as a recent collection of essays entitled Guidebook to Relative Strangers W W Norton 2017 Dungy is editor of Black Nature Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry UGA 2009 co editor of From the Fishouse An Anthology of Poems that Sing Rhyme Resound Syncopate Alliterate and Just Plain Sound Great Persea 2009 and assistant editor of Gathering Ground A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem s First Decade University of Michigan Press 2006 2 Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The American Poetry Review Poetry Callaloo The Missouri Review 3 Crab Orchard Review Poetry Daily She is also a contributor to Margaret Busby s 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa 4 Dungy s honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference Cave Canem the American Antiquarian Society and the Sewanee Writers Conference and she is the recipient of the 2011 American Book Award a 2010 California Book Award silver medal a two time recipient of the Northern California Book Award and a two time NAACP Image Award nominee 5 6 Recently a professor in the Creative Department at San Francisco State University 2011 2013 she is currently a professor in the English Department at Colorado State University 7 In 2019 Dungy was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her poetry 8 9 Awards Edit2019 Guggenheim Fellowship 2013 Sustainable Arts Foundations Promise Award 2011 American Book Award 2011 California Book Award Silver Medal 2011 Northern California Book Award 2010 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Series 2010 Northern California Book Award 2007 Dana Award in Poetry 2003 National Endowment for the Arts FellowshipPublished works EditFull length poetry collections Trophic Cascade Wesleyan University Press 2016 Smith Blue Southern Illinois University Press 2011 Suck on the Marrow Red Hen Press 2010 What to Eat What to Drink What to Leave for Poison Red Hen Press 2006Essays Guidebook to Relative Strangers W W Norton 2017Editor Black Nature Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry University of Georgia Press 2009 Toi Derricotte Cornelius Eady Camille T Dungy eds 2006 Gathering Ground A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem s First Decade University of Michigan Press 2006 ISBN 978 0 472 06924 8 Camille Dungy Camille T Dungy Matt O Donnell Jeffrey Thomson eds 2009 From the Fishouse An Anthology of Poems That Sing Rhyme Resound Syncopate Alliterate and Just Plain Sound Great Persea Books ISBN 978 0 89255 348 8 Anthologies Lucille Lang Day and Ruth Nolan eds Fire and Rain Ecopoetry of California Scarlet Tanager Books 2018 Melissa Tuckey ed Ghost Fishing An Eco Justice Poetry Anthology University of Georgia Press 2018 Charles Rowell ed Angles of Ascent A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry New York W W Norton 2013 Anne Fisher Wirth and Laura Gray Street eds The Ecopoetry Anthology Trinity University Press 2013 ISBN 978 1595341464 Joshua Corey and G C Waldrep eds The Arcadia Project Ahsahta Press 2012 New California Writing Heyday Books 2012 Emily Rosko and Anton VanderZee eds A Broken Thing Poets on the Line The University of Iowa Press 2011 Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy eds The Colors of Nature Culture Identity and the Natural World Minneapolis MN Milkweed Editions 2011 Nikki Giovanni ed The 100 Best African American Poems Sourcebooks 2010 Julie Greicius and Elissa Bassist eds Rumpus Women Vol I The Rumpus Book Club 2010 The Place That Inhabits Us Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed San Francisco CA Sixteen Rivers Press 2010 Nikky Finney ed 2007 Dinah in the Box The Ringing Ear Black Poets Lean South University of Georgia Press 2007 ISBN 978 0 8203 2926 0 Gerry LaFemina Chad Prevost eds 2006 Evensong Contemporary American Poets on Spirituality Bottom Dog Press 2006 ISBN 978 1 933964 01 0 References Edit Camille T Dungy Poetry Foundation Camille T Dungy From the Fishouse an audio archive of emerging poets Poetry The Missouri Review University of Missouri Columbia Dept of English 135 137 2001 The New Daughters of Africa New Internationalist 2019 04 17 Retrieved 2021 06 06 Torch gt Camille T Dungy Bio and Poems Archived from the original on 2009 06 10 Retrieved 2009 07 22 Bio Camille T Dungy website Camille Dungy at Colorado State University Udell Erin CSU English professor awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Coloradoan Retrieved 2020 01 29 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Camille T Dungy Retrieved 2020 01 29 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camille T Dungy Official website Camille T Dungy Kenyon Review interview Audio Reading Camille Dungy Reading From the Fishouse Interview with Dungy on Words on a Wire Poems Her mother sings warning of the new world The Development of the Scientific Mind The New Hand on the Place Sets His Sights on Molly Dinah in the Bedroom Conditions of the Sale Torch Fall 2007 Archived from the original on 2009 06 10 Retrieved 2009 07 22 Black Nature Poems Of Promise And Survival audio report by NPR Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Camille Dungy amp oldid 1111764487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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