Authors and Illustrators Database

Lee Upton

Born: 06/02/1953  St. Johns, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
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, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1998
Associate Professor of English Lafayette College Easton, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1992-1998
Assistant Professor of English Lafayette College Easton, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1988-1992
Assistant Professor of English Grand Valley State University Allendale Charter Township, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1987-1988
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Lafayette College Easton, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1986-1987

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