After teaching at Johnson State College (poet-in-residence; 1972–1974) and the University of Vermont (adjunct professor; 1975–1978), Carruth was a tenured professor of English at Syracuse University in the graduate creative writing program beginning in 1979; in this capacity, he taught and mentored many younger poets (including Brooks Haxton and Allen Hoey) before taking emeritus status in 1991. He resided with his wife, fellow poet Joe-Anne McLaughlin Carruth, near the small central New York village of Munnsville. He wrote for over sixty years. Carruth died from complications following a series of strokes.[4][citation needed]
Early lifeedit
Hayden Carruth was the son of Gorton Veeder Carruth a journalist and newspaper editor, and Margery Carruth. His interest in poetry started early due to his father.
Worksedit
Carruth wrote more than 30 books of poetry, four books of literary criticism, essays, a novel and two poetry anthologies. Prior to his affiliation with Harper's, he served as editor-in-chief of Poetry (1949–1950) and as advisory editor of The Hudson Review for twenty years. He was awarded a Guggenheim and the NEA fellowships. [citation needed]
In 1992 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for his Collected Shorter Poems and in 1996 the National Book Award in poetry for his Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey.[5] Shortly after the debut of Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, he also won the $50,000 Lannan Literary Award. His later titles include the 2001 collection of poems Doctor Jazz and a 70-minute audio CD of him reading selections from Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey and Collected Shorter Poems. His Last Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2012) combines poems written toward the end of his life with the concluding poems from twenty-six of his previous volumes. Other awards with which he was honored included the Carl Sandburg Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Paterson Poetry Prize, the 1990 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Vermont Governor's Medal and the Whiting Award. [citation needed][6]
Noted for the breadth of his linguistic and formal resources, influenced by jazz and the blues, Carruth's poems are informed by his political radicalism and sense of cultural responsibility. [citation needed] Among his influences, Carruth particularly admired 18th century poet Alexander Pope, lauding "Pope's rationalism and pandeism with which he wrote the greatest mock-epic in English literature"[7]
Many of Carruth's best-known poems are about the people and places of northern Vermont, as well as rural poverty and hardship, addressing loneliness, insanity, and death.[4] One of his most celebrated poems is "Emergency Haying". [citation needed]
Published worksedit
The Crow and the Heart (NY: The Macmillan Company, The Macmillan Poets, Paperback, 1959).
The Norfolk Poems (Iowa City, IA: Prairie Press, 1962)
Appendix A (1963): a novel about adultery.
Nothing for Tigers: Poems 1959–1964 (NY: The Macmillan Company, 1965)
The Clay Hill Anthology (Iowa City, IA: Prairie Press, 1970)
For You—Poems (NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1970)
From Snow and Rock, from Chaos (NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1973)
Dark World (Santa Cruz, Calif: Kayak, 1974)
The Bloomingdale Papers (Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, Contemporary Poetry Series, Paperback, 1974), Illustrations by Albert Christ-Janer
Brothers, I Loved You All: Poems 1969–1977 (Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY: The Sheep Meadow Press, 1978)
The Sleeping Beauty (1982)
Working Papers: Selected Essays and Reviews (Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1982), Edited by Judith Weissman
If You Call This Cry a Song (Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1983)
Effluences from the Sacred Caves: More Selected Essays and Reviews (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1983)
The Selected Poetry of Hayden Carruth (NY: Macmillan/Simon & Schuster, 1985), Foreword by Galway Kinnell
Asphalt Georgics (NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1985)
The Oldest Killed Lake in North America: Poems 1979–1981 (Grenada, MS: Salt-Works Press, Paperback, July 1985)
Lighter Than Air Craft (Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University/The Press of Appletree Alley, 1985)
Sitting In: Selected Writings on Jazz, Blues, & Related Topics (Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, Hardcover, 1986)
Sonnets (Lewisburg, PA: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1989), Illustrated by Barnard Taylor
Tell Me Again How the White Heron Rises and Flies Across the Nacreous River at Twilight Toward the Distant Islands (NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, October 1989)
^"Marquis Biographies Online". search.marquiswhoswho.com. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ abGrimes, William (September 30, 2008). "Hayden Carruth, Poet and Critic, Dies at 87". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
^ ab "National Book Awards – 1996". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-08. (With acceptance speech by Carruth and essay by Patrick Rosal from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
^Europa Publications (2003). "Carruth, Hayden". International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. p. 58. ISBN978-1-85743-178-0.
^Hayden Carruth (1992). Suicides and Jazzers. University of Michigan Press. p. 161. ISBN0-472-09419-X.
External linksedit
Poems, Audio, and Biography for Hayden Carruth at Poets.org
Profile at The Whiting Foundation
"Lives of a Poet", article in University of Chicago Magazine, April 2005
Works by Hayden Carruth at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Inventory of the Hayden Carruth Letters and Poem at the Newberry Library
April 26, 2024
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Hayden Carruth August 3 1921 September 29 2008 was an American poet literary critic and anthologist He taught at Syracuse University Hayden Carruth Contents 1 Life 2 Early life 3 Works 4 Published works 5 References 6 External linksLife editHayden Carruth was born in Waterbury Connecticut and grew up in Woodbury Connecticut 1 He graduated from Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville New York with the class of 1939 as vice president of the senior class he was credited with the prettiest hair 2 He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and an M A from the University of Chicago in 1948 3 While institutionalized in White Plains New York from 1953 to 1954 he befriended and subsequently mentored Gordon Lish throughout his adolescence He lived in Johnson Vermont for many years From 1977 to 1988 he was the poetry editor of Harper s Magazine After teaching at Johnson State College poet in residence 1972 1974 and the University of Vermont adjunct professor 1975 1978 Carruth was a tenured professor of English at Syracuse University in the graduate creative writing program beginning in 1979 in this capacity he taught and mentored many younger poets including Brooks Haxton and Allen Hoey before taking emeritus status in 1991 He resided with his wife fellow poet Joe Anne McLaughlin Carruth near the small central New York village of Munnsville He wrote for over sixty years Carruth died from complications following a series of strokes 4 citation needed Early life editHayden Carruth was the son of Gorton Veeder Carruth a journalist and newspaper editor and Margery Carruth His interest in poetry started early due to his father Works editCarruth wrote more than 30 books of poetry four books of literary criticism essays a novel and two poetry anthologies Prior to his affiliation with Harper s he served as editor in chief of Poetry 1949 1950 and as advisory editor of The Hudson Review for twenty years He was awarded a Guggenheim and the NEA fellowships citation needed In 1992 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for his Collected Shorter Poems and in 1996 the National Book Award in poetry for his Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey 5 Shortly after the debut of Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey he also won the 50 000 Lannan Literary Award His later titles include the 2001 collection of poems Doctor Jazz and a 70 minute audio CD of him reading selections from Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey and Collected Shorter Poems His Last Poems Copper Canyon Press 2012 combines poems written toward the end of his life with the concluding poems from twenty six of his previous volumes Other awards with which he was honored included the Carl Sandburg Award the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize the Paterson Poetry Prize the 1990 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize the Vermont Governor s Medal and the Whiting Award citation needed 6 Noted for the breadth of his linguistic and formal resources influenced by jazz and the blues Carruth s poems are informed by his political radicalism and sense of cultural responsibility citation needed Among his influences Carruth particularly admired 18th century poet Alexander Pope lauding Pope s rationalism and pandeism with which he wrote the greatest mock epic in English literature 7 Many of Carruth s best known poems are about the people and places of northern Vermont as well as rural poverty and hardship addressing loneliness insanity and death 4 One of his most celebrated poems is Emergency Haying citation needed Published works editThe Crow and the Heart NY The Macmillan Company The Macmillan Poets Paperback 1959 The Norfolk Poems Iowa City IA Prairie Press 1962 Appendix A 1963 a novel about adultery Nothing for Tigers Poems 1959 1964 NY The Macmillan Company 1965 The Clay Hill Anthology Iowa City IA Prairie Press 1970 For You Poems NY New Directions Publishing Corporation 1970 From Snow and Rock from Chaos NY New Directions Publishing Corporation 1973 Dark World Santa Cruz Calif Kayak 1974 The Bloomingdale Papers Athens GA The University of Georgia Press Contemporary Poetry Series Paperback 1974 Illustrations by Albert Christ Janer Brothers I Loved You All Poems 1969 1977 Riverdale on Hudson NY The Sheep Meadow Press 1978 The Sleeping Beauty 1982 Working Papers Selected Essays and Reviews Athens GA The University of Georgia Press 1982 Edited by Judith Weissman If You Call This Cry a Song Woodstock VT Countryman Press 1983 Effluences from the Sacred Caves More Selected Essays and Reviews Ann Arbor MI University of Michigan Press 1983 The Selected Poetry of Hayden Carruth NY Macmillan Simon amp Schuster 1985 Foreword by Galway Kinnell Asphalt Georgics NY New Directions Publishing Corporation 1985 The Oldest Killed Lake in North America Poems 1979 1981 Grenada MS Salt Works Press Paperback July 1985 Lighter Than Air Craft Lewisburg PA Bucknell University The Press of Appletree Alley 1985 Sitting In Selected Writings on Jazz Blues amp Related Topics Iowa City IA University of Iowa Press Hardcover 1986 Sonnets Lewisburg PA The Press of Appletree Alley 1989 Illustrated by Barnard Taylor Tell Me Again How the White Heron Rises and Flies Across the Nacreous River at Twilight Toward the Distant Islands NY New Directions Publishing Corporation October 1989 The Sleeping Beauty Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1990 Collected Shorter Poems 1946 1991 Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1992 Suicides and Jazzers Ann Arbor MI University of Michigan Press Poets on Poetry Series 1992 Collected Longer Poems Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1994 Selected Essays amp Reviews Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1996 Scrambled Eggs amp Whiskey Poems 1991 1995 Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1996 winner of the National Book Award for Poetry 5 Reluctantly Autobiographical Essays 1998 Beside the Shadblow Tree A Memoir of James Laughlin Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 1999 Hayden Carruth A Listener s Guide audio CD 2000 Doctor Jazz Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 2001 Letters to Jane Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 2004 Toward the Distant Islands New and Selected Poems Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 2006 A Vision of Now The Sewanee Review 2009 published posthumously Last Poems Port Townsend WA Copper Canyon Press 2012 Editor The Voice That Is Great within Us 1970 an influential anthology of American poetry References edit The University of Chicago Magazine magazine uchicago edu Retrieved December 5 2021 Pleasantville High School Class of 1939 Yearbook Marquis Biographies Online search marquiswhoswho com Retrieved December 5 2021 a b Grimes William September 30 2008 Hayden Carruth Poet and Critic Dies at 87 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 a b National Book Awards 1996 National Book Foundation Retrieved 2012 04 08 With acceptance speech by Carruth and essay by Patrick Rosal from the Awards 60 year anniversary blog Europa Publications 2003 Carruth Hayden International Who s Who in Poetry 2004 Taylor amp Francis p 58 ISBN 978 1 85743 178 0 Hayden Carruth 1992 Suicides and Jazzers University of Michigan Press p 161 ISBN 0 472 09419 X External links editCarruth s website Poems Audio and Biography for Hayden Carruth at Poets org Profile at The Whiting Foundation Lives of a Poet article in University of Chicago Magazine April 2005 Works by Hayden Carruth at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Inventory of the Hayden Carruth Letters and Poem at the Newberry Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hayden Carruth amp oldid 1175335338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
