Nathaniel Mackey was born in 1947 in Miami, Florida and moved to California at age three when his parents split. As a teen, he started listening to jazz at his brother's suggestion, which later influenced his work. He visited Princeton University as a high school student along with Gene Washington where he was able to see live jazz in Manhattan. The trip was instrumental in the decision to attend the university. After he graduated with a BA, he returned to Southern California to teach algebra at a junior high school.[4]
In 1970, Mackey enrolled in Stanford University for his doctorate. His dissertation was about the Black Mountain poets and the poetry they created with the human rhythms of breath and utterance. After graduation, he taught at University of Wisconsin and the University of Southern California before moving on to the literature department at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1979. He held that position until 2010 when he moved with his family to North Carolina to take a position at Duke University.[4]
PoetryEdit
Mackey's books of poetry include the chapbooks Four for Trane (1978) and Septet for the End of Time (1983); and the books Eroding Witness (1985), School of Udhra (1993), Whatsaid Serif (1998), Splay Anthem (2006), Nod House (2011), and Blue Fasa (2016), as well as the books Tej Bet, So's Notice, and Nerve Church, which were published together as a boxed set called Double Trio in 2021. In 2016, Black Ocean Books published a collection called Lay Ghost that featured songs that later appeared in So's Notice.
"...Mackey's series of improvisatory jazz-inspired fictions locates a ground between invention and listening that he defines as the source of culture itself. All culture, for Mackey, is a form of listening to what "we" are collectively improvising."
Mackey's poetry combines African mythology, African-American musical traditions, and Modernist poetic experiment. His ongoing serial projects, "Song of the Andoumboulou" and "Mu", explore the relationship of poetry and historical memory, as well the dissonance between his American context and those of Africa and the Middle-East.[6]
FictionEdit
Mackey has published five volumes of an ongoing prose project entitled From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. The books are titled Bedouin Hornbook (1986), Djbot Baghostus's Run (1993), Atet A. D. (2001), Bass Cathedral (2008), and Late Arcade (2017).
Bedouin Hornbook was inspired by the experience of seeing a jazz ensemble in which he was the only person in the audience. His series of letters explores playing in a band like that. The book is also the first in the “Broken Bottle” series.[4]
Criticism and editingEdit
In 1974, Mackey became an editor of the poetry journal Hambone, later becoming the sole editor and publisher in 1982.[4]
Mackey is the author of Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality, and Experimental Writing (1993),[7] an influential book of literary theory, and more recently of Paracritical Hinge: Essays, Talks, Notes, Interviews (2004).[8] He co-edited Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry and Prose with Art Lange (1993).[9]
Personal lifeEdit
At Stanford, Mackey met Gloria Jean Watkins (bell hooks), whom he dated until the mid 1980s. He married Pascale Gaitet, a specialist in French literature, in 1991. The couple later had three children: Naima, Gabriella, and Ian.[4]
^ ab "National Book Awards – 2006". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-08. (With acceptance speech by Mackey, essay by Megan Snyder-Camp from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog, and other materials.)
^Charles, Ron (May 7, 2014). "Nathaniel Mackey wins $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
^ ab"Nathaniel Mackey wins Yale’s 2015 Bollingen Prize for Poetry" Yale News. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ abcdeHsu, Hua. "Nathaniel Mackey's Long Song". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
^One Year Plan: Post 36: 7/17/07 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Watten's piece is called: "Great Books 1–10 + 2: Thumbnail Algorithms"
^Carbery, Matthew (2019). Phenomenology and the Late Twentieth-Century American Long Poem. Palgrave Macmillan.
^Mackey, Nathaniel (1993). Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality and Experimental Writing. Cambridge University Press.
^Mackey, Nathaniel (2004). Paracritical Hinge: Essays, Talks, Notes, Interviews. University of Wisconsin Press.
^Lange, Art; Mackey, Nathaniel, eds. (1992). Moment's Notice: Jazz in Poetry and Prose. Coffee House Press.
External linksEdit
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The Ocean’s Tide: Parentheses in Kamau Brathwaite’s and Nathaniel Mackey’s Decolonial Poetics at Cordite Poetry Review
Mackey's page at The Academy of American Poets
Mackey's EPC author page
Groovedigit's Mackey page
Profile at The Whiting Foundation
Author Page at Internationales Literatufestival Berlin Mackey was a Guest of the ILB ( Internationales Literatufestival Berlin / Germany ) in 2005
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Nathaniel Mackey papers, 1947-2011
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Nathaniel Mackey is an American poet novelist anthologist literary critic and editor He is the Reynolds Price Professor of Creative Writing at Duke University and a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets Mackey is currently teaching a poetry workshop at Duke University Nathaniel MackeyNathaniel Mackey photo by Gloria Graham during the video taping of Add Verse 2005Born1947Miami FloridaCitizenshipAmericanAlma materPrinceton University Stanford UniversityGenrePoetryHe has been editor and publisher of Hambone since 1982 and he won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2006 1 In 2014 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize 2 and in 2015 he won Yale s Bollingen Prize for American Poetry 3 Contents 1 Biography 2 Poetry 3 Fiction 4 Criticism and editing 5 Personal life 6 Awards 7 Resources 8 External linksBiography EditNathaniel Mackey was born in 1947 in Miami Florida and moved to California at age three when his parents split As a teen he started listening to jazz at his brother s suggestion which later influenced his work He visited Princeton University as a high school student along with Gene Washington where he was able to see live jazz in Manhattan The trip was instrumental in the decision to attend the university After he graduated with a BA he returned to Southern California to teach algebra at a junior high school 4 In 1970 Mackey enrolled in Stanford University for his doctorate His dissertation was about the Black Mountain poets and the poetry they created with the human rhythms of breath and utterance After graduation he taught at University of Wisconsin and the University of Southern California before moving on to the literature department at the University of California Santa Cruz in 1979 He held that position until 2010 when he moved with his family to North Carolina to take a position at Duke University 4 Poetry EditMackey s books of poetry include the chapbooks Four for Trane 1978 and Septet for the End of Time 1983 and the books Eroding Witness 1985 School of Udhra 1993 Whatsaid Serif 1998 Splay Anthem 2006 Nod House 2011 and Blue Fasa 2016 as well as the books Tej Bet So s Notice and Nerve Church which were published together as a boxed set called Double Trio in 2021 In 2016 Black Ocean Books published a collection called Lay Ghost that featured songs that later appeared in So s Notice Mackey s series of improvisatory jazz inspired fictions locates a ground between invention and listening that he defines as the source of culture itself All culture for Mackey is a form of listening to what we are collectively improvising Barrett Watten 5 Mackey s poetry combines African mythology African American musical traditions and Modernist poetic experiment His ongoing serial projects Song of the Andoumboulou and Mu explore the relationship of poetry and historical memory as well the dissonance between his American context and those of Africa and the Middle East 6 Fiction EditMackey has published five volumes of an ongoing prose project entitled From A Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate The books are titled Bedouin Hornbook 1986 Djbot Baghostus s Run 1993 Atet A D 2001 Bass Cathedral 2008 and Late Arcade 2017 Bedouin Hornbook was inspired by the experience of seeing a jazz ensemble in which he was the only person in the audience His series of letters explores playing in a band like that The book is also the first in the Broken Bottle series 4 Criticism and editing EditIn 1974 Mackey became an editor of the poetry journal Hambone later becoming the sole editor and publisher in 1982 4 Mackey is the author of Discrepant Engagement Dissonance Cross Culturality and Experimental Writing 1993 7 an influential book of literary theory and more recently of Paracritical Hinge Essays Talks Notes Interviews 2004 8 He co edited Moment s Notice Jazz in Poetry and Prose with Art Lange 1993 9 Personal life EditAt Stanford Mackey met Gloria Jean Watkins bell hooks whom he dated until the mid 1980s He married Pascale Gaitet a specialist in French literature in 1991 The couple later had three children Naima Gabriella and Ian 4 Awards Edit1993 Whiting Award 2006 National Book Award Poetry for Splay Anthem 1 2007 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize 2015 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry 3 2016 Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for Lifetime AchievementResources Edit a b National Book Awards 2006 National Book Foundation Retrieved 2012 04 08 With acceptance speech by Mackey essay by Megan Snyder Camp from the Awards 60 year anniversary blog and other materials Charles Ron May 7 2014 Nathaniel Mackey wins 100 000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize The Washington Post Retrieved 10 May 2014 a b Nathaniel Mackey wins Yale s 2015 Bollingen Prize for Poetry Yale News Retrieved 10 February 2015 a b c d e Hsu Hua Nathaniel Mackey s Long Song The New Yorker Retrieved 2021 04 10 One Year Plan Post 36 7 17 07 Archived 2007 05 13 at the Wayback Machine Watten s piece is called Great Books 1 10 2 Thumbnail Algorithms Carbery Matthew 2019 Phenomenology and the Late Twentieth Century American Long Poem Palgrave Macmillan Mackey Nathaniel 1993 Discrepant Engagement Dissonance Cross Culturality and Experimental Writing Cambridge University Press Mackey Nathaniel 2004 Paracritical Hinge Essays Talks Notes Interviews University of Wisconsin Press Lange Art Mackey Nathaniel eds 1992 Moment s Notice Jazz in Poetry and Prose Coffee House Press External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nathaniel Mackey nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Nathaniel Mackey The Ocean s Tide Parentheses in Kamau Brathwaite s and Nathaniel Mackey s Decolonial Poetics at Cordite Poetry Review Mackey s page at The Academy of American Poets Mackey s EPC author page Groovedigit s Mackey page Profile at The Whiting Foundation Author Page at Internationales Literatufestival Berlin Mackey was a Guest of the ILB Internationales Literatufestival Berlin Germany in 2005 Add Verse a poetry photo video project Mackey participated in Stuart A Rose Manuscript Archives and Rare Book Library Emory University Nathaniel Mackey papers 1947 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nathaniel Mackey amp oldid 1172873170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
