Isabel Galleymore is a British poet and academic. In 2017, she was co-winner of the Eric Gregory Award. In 2020, her first collection, Significant Other, won the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize. Galleymore is a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Education
editAfter studying English literature at University of Reading and creative writing at the University of St Andrews, she completed a PhD at the University of Exeter.[1]
Career
editGalleymore is a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Birmingham, UK.[2]
In 2022–23, she became the Walter Jackson Bate Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, undertaking a project that explored the role of cuteness in environmental culture.[3]
Her work is frequently understood to be part of contemporary ecopoetics and nature writing.[4][5] Writing on the topic of beauty, prettiness and wonder, Galleymore has asked "rather than cast them out of ecopoetic practice, could it be more productive to look deeply into them?".[6]
She has published two pamphlets of poetry: Dazzle Ship (Worple, 2014) and Cyanic Pollens (Guillemot, 2020). Her first collection of poems, Significant Other, was published by Carcanet in 2019. The book won the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize in 2020.[7]
Works
editPoetry
edit- Dazzle Ship (Worple, 2014)
- Significant Other (Carcanet, 2019) ISBN 9781784107116
- Cyanic Pollens (Guillemot Press, 2020)
Scholarship
edit- Teaching Environmental Writing: Ecocritical Pedagogy and Poetics (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) ISBN 9781350068414
Awards
edit- 2017: Co-winner, Eric Gregory Award[8]
- 2019: Shortlisted, Forward Prize for Best First Collection, for Significant Other[9]
- 2020: Winner, John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, for Significant Other[7]
Residencies
edit- Charles Causley Poet in Residence, 2017[10]
- Tambopata Nature Reserve Residency, 2017
- Gladstone's Library Writer in Residence, 2021[11]
References
edit- ^ Robinson, Debbie. "University of Exeter". eprofile.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "Dr Isabel Galleymore". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "Isabel Galleymore". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ Rumens, Carol (2019-11-25). "Poem of the week: Harvest by Isabel Galleymore". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Saunders, Tristram Fane (2019-03-30). "Poetry book of the month: Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Isabel Galleymore, writer in residence, blog on nature". Gladstone's Library. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ a b "Poet Isabel Galleymore wins 2020 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize - Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre - Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "Eric Gregory Awards - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ "Isabel Galleymore". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Poet Isabel Galleymore to follow in Charles Causley's footsteps". The Charles Causley Trust. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Ecopoet joins Gladstone's Library as a Writer in Residence". The Leader. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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