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Judith Minty

Born: 08/05/1937   Detroit , MI
Parents: Karl Jalmer Makinen, Margaret Makinen
Spouse: Edgar S. Minty
Children: Lora, John Reed, Ann
Address(es):
Permanent :
7113 South Scenic Drive
New Era , MI 49446
USA
Contact Information:
Phone : 231-894-2121
Email : [email protected]
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Poetry in Michigan in poetry / edited by William Olsen & Jack Ridl.
- Included in Anthology 		Michigan , Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, Michigan : New Issues Poetry & Prose, The College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University 2013
Killing the bear Poetry Adult Mancelona, Mich. : Deep Wood Press 2011
Image of Walking with the Bear: Selected and New Poems Walking with the Bear: Selected and New Poems Poetry Adult East Lansing, MI: Michigan State Univesity Press 2000
The Mad Painter Poems Poetry Adult Greensboro, N.C. : March Street Press 1996
Yellow Dog Journal
- Reprint 		Poetry Adult Berkeley, CA : Parallax Press 1992
Dancing the Fault Poetry Adult Florida State University Press 1991
Contemporary Michigan Poetry : Poems from the Third Coast
- Anthology 		Poetry Adult Detroit, MI: Wayne State University 1988
Counting the Losses Poetry Adult Aptos, Calif. (P.O. Box 2409, Aptos 95001) : Jazz Press 1986
In the Presence of Mothers Poetry Adult Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press 1981
Letters to My Daughters Poetry Adult Ann Arbor, MI : Mayapple Press 1979
Image of Yellow Dog Journal Yellow Dog Journal Poetry Adult Los Angeles : Center Publications, Zen Center 1979
Lake Songs and Other Fears Michigan History , Poetry Adult Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 1974

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
PEN Syndicated Fiction Award 1985
Grants, Michigan Council for the Arts
- Award received for following years: 1981, 1983 		1981 -1983
Yaddo Fellowships
- Award received for following years: 1978, 1979, 1982 		1978 -1982
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference fellowship 1974
Eunice Tietjens Award, Poetry Magazine 1974
Award, International Poetry Forum for Lake Songs and Other Fears 1973
United States Award of The International Poetry Forum
John Atherton Fellowship in Poetry to Bread Loaf Writers Conference
California Fiction Award from PEN/The Mead Foundation
Villa Montalvo Award for Excellence in Poetry
Kentucky Foundation for Women Residency Grant
Charles H. Hackley Distinguished Lectureship from Hackley Public Library, Muskegon, MI
Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Michigan Technological University
Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Contributions to Midwestern Literature from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Contemporary Poets 7th edition 2001
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Listed in the following editions: 1980, 1993 		1980 -1993
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 49-52 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 2, 21 		1975 -1987
Directory of American Poets
International Who's Who in Poetry
Who's Who in Entertainment
Who's Who of American Women
Dictionary of International Biography
Outstanding People of the 20th Century
International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets Encyclopaedia

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) English Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1973
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Speech Ithaca College Ithaca , NY 1957
Attended: Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1954 -1959

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Visiting Professor of Creative Writing University of Alaska Anchorage 1999 -2000
Visiting Professor of English University of Nebraska Lincoln 1994
Professor of English
- Now Professor Emertis English and Women's Studies 		Humboldt State University Arcata 1982 -1993
Visiting Professor of English University of Oregon Eugene 1982 -1983
Lecturer, poet-in-residence University of California Santa Cruz 1981 -1982
Visiting Poet-in-Residence Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen , MI 1980 -1981
Visiting Associate Professor Syracuse University Syracuse , NY 1979 -1980
Assistant Professor, poet-in-residence Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant , MI 1977 -1978
Visiting Poet-in-Prison State of Michigan Pilot Project Muskegon Correctional Facility 1977 -1978
English guest lecturer Grand Valley State College Allendale , MI 1974 -1977
Creative Writing Project Michigan Council for the Arts MI 1974 -1980

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