Renee Gladman (born 1971) is a poet, novelist, essayist, and artist. She has published prose works including the Ravicka series of novels and the crime novel, Morelia; the poetry collection, Calamities; and a monograph of drawings, Prose Architectures.
Gladman is a graduate of Vassar College (BA, 1993), and studied poetics at the New College of California (MA, 2006). She taught creative writing for many years at Brown University, served as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and was a 2016 Image Text fellow at Ithaca College.[1] Her writing is associated with the New Narrative movement,[2] characterized by writing that "tests the potential of the sentence with map-making precision and curiosity."[3] In 2016 she was awarded a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists, which supported the publication of Prose Architectures.
As a publisher, Gladman has been responsible for the zine Clamour (1996-1999), the Leroy Chapbook series (1999-2003), and the Leon Works press, a perfect bound series of books for experimental prose (2005–present).[4][5]
Prizes
Gladman has been the recipient of numerous literary prizes, fellowships, and awards, including a 2016 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant[6] and a 2017 Lannan Foundation Writing Residency in Marfa, TX.[7] In March 2021 she was awarded the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for fiction.[8]
Genre and style
Though she is often simply described as a writer of "experimental prose," Gladman's work spans fiction and prose, personal essays, and books of poetry and visual art.[9] She is very interested breaking down boundaries between genres. In an interview with Lucy Ives describing the differences between prose and fiction, Gladman described her desire to blur the two forms: "Fiction is interested in a certain kind of unfolding or sequence of events. Time is more intact in fiction. Prose, I think, introduces the element of the awareness of yourself in language as you are unfolding things in time and allowing yourself to be distracted or interrupted, allowing yourself to question the difficulty of what you’re doing and be stalled, not to move. I want more fiction to do this, because it changes the way we read and understand story. With fiction that repairs all doubt and interruption and experiment by being fluid, coherent; what we expect doesn’t leave much room for me as a reader. But I think the more you talk about these categories, their distinctions, the quicker they break down. Ultimately, what I want is for there to be a blur over everything."[10]
Gladman's Ravicka series, four interrelated fictional books taking place in the author's invented country of Ravicka, has been compared to the fiction of Samuel Beckett, Anne Carson, and Julio Cortázar.[11] Zack Friedman of BOMB has characterized the Ravicka series as “social science fiction,” a label that Gladman herself prefers: “I definitely would prefer social science fiction to science fiction, as I really didn’t intend these books to ask deep questions about technology or bioengineering or inter-galaxy relations. Instead, they wonder about city living, architecture, language and communication, desire, and community—the same things I wonder about in my own life. For me, it needs to stay on this side of reality... and it needs to be pushing for physical space in this world.”[12][13]
Gladman has described the very short essays that comprise Calamities as "ditties" because "they feel less like they’re trying to travel; there is just one point that gets made in a quick circle. It’s funny to call them essays anyway, because they fail as essays. They don’t sustain an argument, they don’t go anywhere, they don’t conclude anything, and the half-paragraph ones seem even more so, kind of absurd."[14]
Gladman's 2017 book Prose Architectures develops Gladman's long-term interest in architecture and in the relationship between language and image in a set of drawings created through illegible script that are as visual as they are linguistic. Gladman has cited Youmna Chlala, who also both draws and writes poetry, as an inspiration.[15]
^"CITY WRITER: INTERVIEW WITH VISUAL POET RENEE GLADMAN". Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^"Triple Canopy – The Company That Never Comes by Renee Gladman with Lucy Ives". Triple Canopy. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^"Renee Gladman's 'Houses of Ravicka' - The White ReviewThe White Review". www.thewhitereview.org. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^"Exploring the Disorienting Strangeness of City Life in Renee Gladman's Ravicka". Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^Friedman, Zack (2018-03-08). "Language and Landscape: Renee Gladman by Zack Friedman". BOMB Magazine.
^"Triple Canopy – The Company That Never Comes by Renee Gladman with Lucy Ives". Triple Canopy. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^"Five Things Right Now: Renee Gladman". Granta Magazine. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
^"Faculty, Fellows and Visiting Artists". Ithaca College.
^McNamara, Nathan Scott (2017-11-06). "Where Is the Thing We're Chasing? Renee Gladman and Her Invented City of Ravicka". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
January 31, 2023
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Renee Gladman born 1971 is a poet novelist essayist and artist She has published prose works including the Ravicka series of novels and the crime novel Morelia the poetry collection Calamities and a monograph of drawings Prose Architectures Contents 1 Career 2 Prizes 3 Genre and style 4 Personal life 5 Publications 5 1 Poetry 5 2 Prose 5 2 1 Ravicka novels 5 3 Art 5 4 Essays 6 ReferencesCareer EditGladman is a graduate of Vassar College BA 1993 and studied poetics at the New College of California MA 2006 She taught creative writing for many years at Brown University served as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard and was a 2016 Image Text fellow at Ithaca College 1 Her writing is associated with the New Narrative movement 2 characterized by writing that tests the potential of the sentence with map making precision and curiosity 3 In 2016 she was awarded a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists which supported the publication of Prose Architectures As a publisher Gladman has been responsible for the zine Clamour 1996 1999 the Leroy Chapbook series 1999 2003 and the Leon Works press a perfect bound series of books for experimental prose 2005 present 4 5 Prizes EditGladman has been the recipient of numerous literary prizes fellowships and awards including a 2016 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant 6 and a 2017 Lannan Foundation Writing Residency in Marfa TX 7 In March 2021 she was awarded the Windham Campbell Literature Prize for fiction 8 Genre and style EditThough she is often simply described as a writer of experimental prose Gladman s work spans fiction and prose personal essays and books of poetry and visual art 9 She is very interested breaking down boundaries between genres In an interview with Lucy Ives describing the differences between prose and fiction Gladman described her desire to blur the two forms Fiction is interested in a certain kind of unfolding or sequence of events Time is more intact in fiction Prose I think introduces the element of the awareness of yourself in language as you are unfolding things in time and allowing yourself to be distracted or interrupted allowing yourself to question the difficulty of what you re doing and be stalled not to move I want more fiction to do this because it changes the way we read and understand story With fiction that repairs all doubt and interruption and experiment by being fluid coherent what we expect doesn t leave much room for me as a reader But I think the more you talk about these categories their distinctions the quicker they break down Ultimately what I want is for there to be a blur over everything 10 Gladman s Ravicka series four interrelated fictional books taking place in the author s invented country of Ravicka has been compared to the fiction of Samuel Beckett Anne Carson and Julio Cortazar 11 Zack Friedman of BOMB has characterized the Ravicka series as social science fiction a label that Gladman herself prefers I definitely would prefer social science fiction to science fiction as I really didn t intend these books to ask deep questions about technology or bioengineering or inter galaxy relations Instead they wonder about city living architecture language and communication desire and community the same things I wonder about in my own life For me it needs to stay on this side of reality and it needs to be pushing for physical space in this world 12 13 Gladman has described the very short essays that comprise Calamities as ditties because they feel less like they re trying to travel there is just one point that gets made in a quick circle It s funny to call them essays anyway because they fail as essays They don t sustain an argument they don t go anywhere they don t conclude anything and the half paragraph ones seem even more so kind of absurd 14 Gladman s 2017 book Prose Architectures develops Gladman s long term interest in architecture and in the relationship between language and image in a set of drawings created through illegible script that are as visual as they are linguistic Gladman has cited Youmna Chlala who also both draws and writes poetry as an inspiration 15 Personal life EditGladman was born in Atlanta and lives in Providence Rhode Island with her partner Danielle Vogel a poet and ceramicist 16 17 Publications EditPoetry Edit A Picture Feeling 2005 Prose Edit Arlem 1994 Juice Kelsey Street Press 2000 The Activist KRUPSKAYA 2003 Newcomer Can t Swim Kelsey Street Press 2007 To After That Toaf Atelos 2008 Morelia Solid Objects 2019 Ravicka novels Edit Event Factory Dorothy a publishing project 2010 The Ravickians Dorothy a publishing project 2011 Ana Patova Crosses a Bridge Dorothy a publishing project 2013 Houses of Ravicka Dorothy a publishing project 2017 Art Edit Prose Architectures Wave Books 2017 One Long Black Sentence with Fred Moten Image Text Ithaca Press 2020 Essays Edit Calamities Wave Books 2016 References Edit Renee Gladman 2016 Faculty Faculty Fellows and Visiting Artists Image Text Ithaca College www ithaca edu Retrieved 2018 03 09 Renee Gladman and the New Narrative Jacket2 jacket2 org Retrieved 2018 03 09 Renee Gladman Poetry Foundation Retrieved 7 November 2017 Renee Gladman Foundation for Contemporary Arts Retrieved 7 November 2017 Renee Gladman Literary Arts Program www brown edu Retrieved 2018 03 09 Grant Recipients Foundation for Contemporary Arts www foundationforcontemporaryarts org Retrieved 2018 03 09 Lannan Foundation Lannan Foundation Retrieved 2018 03 09 Windham Campbell Prize recipients announced Books Publishing 2021 03 23 Retrieved 2021 03 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link CITY WRITER INTERVIEW WITH VISUAL POET RENEE GLADMAN Retrieved 2018 03 09 Triple Canopy The Company That Never Comes by Renee Gladman with Lucy Ives Triple Canopy Retrieved 2018 03 09 Renee Gladman s Houses of Ravicka The White ReviewThe White Review www thewhitereview org Retrieved 2018 03 09 Exploring the Disorienting Strangeness of City Life in Renee Gladman s Ravicka Retrieved 2018 03 09 Friedman Zack 2018 03 08 Language and Landscape Renee Gladman by Zack Friedman BOMB Magazine Triple Canopy The Company That Never Comes by Renee Gladman with Lucy Ives Triple Canopy Retrieved 2018 03 09 Five Things Right Now Renee Gladman Granta Magazine 2016 10 03 Retrieved 2018 03 09 Faculty Fellows and Visiting Artists Ithaca College McNamara Nathan Scott 2017 11 06 Where Is the Thing We re Chasing Renee Gladman and Her Invented City of Ravicka Los Angeles Review of Books Retrieved 2023 01 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Renee Gladman amp oldid 1136522344, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
