Authors and Illustrators Database

Anca Vlasopolos

Born: 10/14/1948  Bucharest, Rumania
Parents: Paul Vlasopolos, Hermina Vlasopolos
Spouse: Anthony Ambrogio
Children: Olivia, a new daughter 10, adopted from Guatemala, June, 2000
Address(es):
Permanent:
820 Notre Dame
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
USA
Contact Information:
Phone: 313-882-7216
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.vlasopolos.com/

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Walking toward solstice Poetry Adult Norman , Okla. : Mongrel Empire Press 2012
Penguins in a warming world Poetry Adult Princeton, N.J. : Ragged Sky Press 2007
The New Bedford Samurai Historical Fiction Adult Kingsport, Tenn. : Twilight Times Books 2007
No Return Address: A Memoir of Displacement Non Fiction Adult New York : Columbia University Press 2000
"Where All the Lights Were Bright"
- Essay included in Peninsula: Essays and Memoirs By Michigan Writers 		Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor : Michigan University Press 2000
"Sea Finds"
- Short story 		Fiction 1999
"Through the Straits, At Large" Poetry Adult Roseville, MI : Ridgeway Press 1997
Missing Members Fiction, Michigan, Mystery Adult Detroit : Corridors Press 1990
Evidence of Spring Poetry Adult Roseville, Mich.: Ridgeway Press 1989
Symbolic Method of Coleridge, Baudelaire, and Yeats Non Fiction Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 1983
Other writings:
- Writings have appeared in the following: Christian Science Monitor, Barrow Street, Mosaic, Larcom Review, Poetry International, Center, Natural Bridge, White Pelican Review, Artword Quarterly, Madison Review, Evansville Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Cumberland Review, Controlled Burn, Weber Review, and others. Over forty poems in such magazines as Seneca Review, Interim, Wascana Review, Spoon River Quarterly. 		Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To make people reflect about their views and possibly to change them: to give readers pleasure through the art of writing."

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Humanities Center Fellowship Grant, Wayne State University.
Finalist in Salmon Run Poetry Book Contest.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors 1993
Michigan Council of the Arts Directory of Scholars
Who's Who among Writers in the Midwest
International Authors and Writers Who's Who (Cambridge, England).
2000 Outstanding Scholars of the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, England).
The World Who's Who of Women (Cambridge, England).
Who's Where Among Writers.
Who's Who in American Education.
Who's Who in America.
Who's Who in the Midwest.
Who's Who in U. S. Writers, Editors and Poets.

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.); Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Comparative literature. 		University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1970-1977
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- High distinction and honors in English. 		Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1966-1970

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director, Comparative Literature Program Wayne State University Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1995
Professor Wayne State University Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1995
Associate Professor of English 1983
Assistant Professor 1977-1983
Instructor of English Wayne State University Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1974-1977
Co-editor Moving Out (oldest continuing feminist literary magazine)

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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