Rusty Morrison

Rusty Morrison (born July 12, 1956) is an American poet and publisher. She received a BA in English from Mills College in Oakland, California, an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, and an MA in Education from California State University, San Francisco. She has taught in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco and was Poet in Residence at Saint Mary’s College in 2009. She has also served as a visiting poet at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Redlands, the University of Arizona, Boise State University, Marylhurst University, and Millikin University. In 2001, Morrison and her husband, Ken Keegan, founded Omnidawn Publishing in Richmond, California, and continue to work as co-publishers. She contracted Hepatitis C in her twenties but, like most people diagnosed with this disease, did not experience symptoms for several years. Since then, a focus on issues relating to disability has developed as an area of interest in her writing.

Rusty Morrison
Born	(1956-07-12) July 12, 1956 (age 67)
Education	Mills College (B.A.) Saint Mary's College of California (M.F.A.) California State University, San Francisco (M.A.)
Occupations	Poet publisher

Honors and awards

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• 2022: Adelle Foley Award from PEN Oakland
• 2012: Fellowship Award for a four-week Residency at the Vermont Studio Center
• 2010: Dorset Prize, Tupelo Press, selected by Jane Hirshfield, for After Urgency^[1]
• 2009: Poet in Residence, MFA in Creative Writing Program, Saint Mary’s College, Spring 2009^[2]
• 2009: George Bogin Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by John Yau^[3]
• 2009: Northern California Book Award for Poetry (for the true keeps calm biding its story)^[4]
• 2008: James Laughlin Award, Academy of American Poets, selected by Rae Armantrout, Claudia Rankine, and Bruce Smith (for the true keeps calm biding its story)
• 2007: Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Ahsahta Press, Boise State University, Idaho, selected by Peter Gizzi (for the true keeps calm biding its story)
• 2007: Alice Di Castagnola Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Susan Howe (for manuscript in progress: the true keeps calm biding its story)^[5]
• 2006: Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Cal Bedient^[6]
• 2004: Colorado Prize for Poetry, The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, selected by Forrest Gander (for Whethering)^[7]
• 2003: Robert H. Winner Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Ron Padgett^[8]
• 2002: Lori & Deke Hunter Fellowship (five week residency), Djerassi Resident Artists Program

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• 2014: Beyond the Chain Link. Ahsahta Press. February 1, 2014. ISBN 978-1934103463.
• 2012: After Urgency. Tupelo Press. April 30, 2012. ISBN 978-1932195415.
• 2011: Book of the Given. Noemi Press. April 30, 2012. ISBN 978-1934819098.
• 2008: the true keeps calm biding its story. Ahsahta Press. January 1, 2008. ISBN 978-0-916272-98-2.
• 2004: Whethering. Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University. 2004. ISBN 978-1-885635-07-5.

Chapbook collections

• 2011: Book of the Given. Noemi Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-934819-09-8.

Periodicals and anthologies

Morrison's work has been included in an anthology for the literary study of disability, titled Beauty is a Verb. Morrison’s poems have also appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Boston Review,^[9] Chicago Review,^[10] Colorado Review,^[11] Gulf Coast, Lana Turner,^[12] New American Writing,^[13] Pleiades,^[14] Verse, and VOLT. Her critical writings and creative nonfictions have been published in journals including Chicago Review, Denver Quarterly, Poetry Flash,^[15] Verse, and in the anthology One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe (Sarabande 2010).^[16]

References

1. "> 2009 Contest Winners". Tupelo Press. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
2. Saint Mary’s College > MFA in Creative Writing > Visiting Faculty June 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. . Archived from the original on 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
5. "Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners". Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
6. "Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners". Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
7. "Colorado Prize for Poetry > Previous Winners". Coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
8. "Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners". Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
9. "Boston Review November/December 2007". Bostonreview.net. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
10. "Chicago Review". Highbeam.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
11. . Colorado.edu. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
12. . SPDBooks.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
13. . Newamericanwriting.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
14. . Ucmo.edu. Archived from the original on December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
16. "> One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe". Sarabande Books. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

External links

• "Echo Mirrors (or playing telephone on paper) & A Revisioning Process", Small Press Distribution
• . Titanic Operas. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
• "please advise stop", Coconut Poetry
• "AN INTERSECTION OF LEAVES NOT LIKENESS", Verse Magazine, December 17, 2007
• Rusty Morrison's review "'the exact temperature of a hand': Melissa Kwasny and the Mystical Imagination" in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (25.1).
• . Conjunctions. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
• "Window (closed)". Poets & Writers. 2004.
• "Prologue". Boston Review. October–November 2004.