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Lee Upton

Born: 06/02/1953   St. Johns , MI
Parents: Charles W. Upton, Rose M. Upton
Spouse: Eric J. Ziolkowski
Children: Theodora and Cecilia Ziolkowski
Address(es):
Permanent :
Dept. of English, Lafayette College
Easton , PA 18042
Contact Information:
Phone : 610-330-5250
Website : http://english.lafayette.edu/people/lee-upton/
Email : [email protected]
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Tao of Humiliation: Short Stories Short Stories Adult Rochester, NY: BOA Editions 2014
Elegy: Tying & Untying
- Collaborative Art Book 		Non Fiction Adult Clinton, NJ: Experimental Printmaking Institute 2012
The Guide to the Flying Island Fiction Adult Oxford, OH: Miami University Press 2009
Undid in the Land of Undone Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press, Western Michigan University 2007
Omniscient Love
- Collaborative Art Book 		Non Fiction Adult Clinton, NJ: Experimental Printmaking Institute 2006
Defensive Measures: The Poetry of Niedecker, Bishop, Glück, and Carson
- Literary Criticism 		Non Fiction Adult Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press 2005
Civilian Histories Poetry Adult Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press 2000
The Muse of Abandonment: Origin, Identity, Mastery in Five American Poets
- Literary criticism 		Non Fiction Adult Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press 1998
Approximate Darling Poetry Adult Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press 1996
Obsession and Release: Rereading the Poetry of Louise Bogan
- Literary Criticism 		Non Fiction Adult Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press 1996
Jean Garrigue: A Poetics of Plenitude
- Literary Criticism 		Non Fiction Adult Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1991
No Mercy Poetry Adult New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press 1989
The Invention of Kindness Poetry Adult Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press 1984
Other writings
- -Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in various journals: The New Republic, The Yale Review, Harvard Review, American Poetry Review, Antioch Review, Poetry, Boston Review, Kenyon Review, Salmangudi, Northwest Review, Bellingham Review, Shenandoah, Ohio Review, and Glimmer Train. 		Fiction , Non Fiction , Poetry Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize for her collection The Tao of Humiliation 2012
Georgia Contemporary Series Award for Civilian Histories (2000) and Approximate Darling (1996) 1996 -2000
National Poetry Series Award for No Mercy
Pushcart Prize
Lyric Poetry Award (Poetry Society of America)
Miami University Novella Award

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Best American Poetry 2008, 2011 2008 -2011
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 123 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 94, 285 		1988 -2015

Memberships:

Name Date
Poetry Society of America
Contributing Editor, Denver Quarterly
Board of Directors, Verse

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- English 		State University of New York-Binghamton Binghamton , NY 1986
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
- English 		University of Massachusetts Amherst , MA 1981
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Journalism 		Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1978

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence Lafayette College Easton , PA 1998
Associate Professor of English Lafayette College Easton , PA 1992 -1998
Assistant Professor of English Lafayette College Easton , PA 1988 -1992
Assistant Professor of English Grand Valley State University Allendale Charter Township , MI 1987 -1988
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Lafayette College Easton , PA 1986 -1987

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