Margaret Gibson (poet)

Margaret Gibson (born 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet.

Margaret Gibson
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHollins College
University of Virginia
SpouseDavid McKain (deceased)

Life

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Margaret Gibson grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at Hollins College, and the University of Virginia. She went to Yaddo in 1975.[1]

Gibson is Professor Emerita at the University of Connecticut.[2]

She was named to a three-year term as Poet Laureate of Connecticut in 2019.[3]

Gibson was married to the late David McKain, poet and author. She lives in Preston, Connecticut.[4]

Awards

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  • The Vigil, A Poem in Four Voices, a Finalist for the National Book Award in 1993
  • Memories of the Future, The Daybooks of Tina Modotti, co-winner of the Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society of America in 1986-87
  • Long Walks in the Afternoon, the 1982 Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets
  • National Endowment for the Arts Grant
  • Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellowship
  • Grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts
  • "Earth Elegy," the title poem of New and Selected Poems, won The James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry
  • "Archaeology" was awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2001[5]

Works

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  • "Drifting Boat". Blackbird Magazine. Spring 2002.
  • "Fox Fire at the Changing Tree". Blackbird Magazine. Spring 2002.
  • "Next Morning Letter". Blackbird Magazine. Spring 2002.
  • "Summer Birds and Flowers". Blackbird Magazine. Spring 2002.

Poetry Books

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Memoir

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Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ Joseph M. Flora; Amber Vogel; Bryan Albin Giemza, eds. (2006). Southern Writers. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3123-7.
  2. ^ "Department of English | UConn". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. ^ Dunne, Susan (April 3, 2019), "UConn professor Margaret Gibson named Connecticut's seventh poet laureate", Hartford Courant, retrieved 2019-06-01
  4. ^ "Margaret Gibson, Blackbird". www.blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  5. ^ Henderson, Bill (2002-11-26). Pushcart Prize XXVII: Best of the Small Presses. Pushcart Press. ISBN 9781888889352.
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