Alison Hawthorne Deming
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Alison Hawthorne Deming is an American poet
, and essayist.
. She worked in health care for fifteen years.
She graduated in 1983 with a M.F.A. in Writing, from Vermont College, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University
.
She was a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
. She taught at the University of Southern Maine
. In 1997, she was visiting Writer, at the University of Hawai’i. In 1999, she was Lecturer at Center for the American West.
She has taught at the University of Arizona
since 1980.
She lives near Aqua Caliente Hill in Tucson, Arizona
. Her daughter is the artist Lucinda Bliss
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and essayist.
Life
Deming is a descendant of Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials...
. She worked in health care for fifteen years.
She graduated in 1983 with a M.F.A. in Writing, from Vermont College, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
She was a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174...
. She taught at the University of Southern Maine
University of Southern Maine
The University of Southern Maine is a multi-campus public urban comprehensive university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston...
. In 1997, she was visiting Writer, at the University of Hawai’i. In 1999, she was Lecturer at Center for the American West.
She has taught at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
since 1980.
She lives near Aqua Caliente Hill in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
. Her daughter is the artist Lucinda Bliss
Lucinda Bliss
Lucinda Bliss is an American artist who works primarily in drawing and painting. Bliss received an M.F.A. in Visual Art from Vermont College in 1999 and a B.A. from Skidmore College in Art History in 1988. Bliss is a Professor of Liberal Studies in the Undergraduate Program of Vermont College of...
.
Awards
- 1998 Finalist, PEN Center West Award for Creative Nonfiction, for The Edges of the Civilized World
- 1995 Poetry Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1994 Walt Whitman Award selected by Gerald SternGerald SternGerald Stern is an American poet. His work became widely recognized after the 1977 publication of Lucky Life, which was that year's Lamont Poetry Selection, and of a series of essays on writing poetry in American Poetry Review. He has subsequently been given many prestigious awards for his...
- 1993 Pushcart Prize (nonfiction), Pushcart Press
- 1992 Gertrude B. Claytor Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, New York, NY
- 1990 Poetry Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts