Carol Muske-Dukes
Encyclopedia
Carol Muske-Dukes is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the current poet laureate
of California
. Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.
in 1967, and her M.A. in 1970 from the San Francisco State University
. She has taught in the graduate writing programs at Columbia University
, the Iowa Writers' Workshop
, the University of California at Irvine, and the University of Virginia
. She is the founder of the doctoral Program in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California
, where she currently teaches.
She has a daughter, Annie Muske-Dukes, who graduated from USC in May 2005, and she is the widow of actor David Dukes
, who died in 2000.
In addition to her seven books of poetry, she has published four novels, the most recent of which, Channeling Mark Twain (2007), is about a woman poet who teaches poetry at a women's detention facility, just as the author herself did and the perspectives she gains from the poetry her students write. Her work has appeared in Antaeus, Ploughshares, Paris Review, and The New Yorker,.
Collaborative Works
Novels
Essay Collections
Anthologies
Poet Laureate
A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Her most recent book of poetry, Sparrow (Random House, 2003), chronicling the love and loss of Muske-Dukes’ late husband, actor David Dukes, was a National Book Award finalist.
Life
She received B.A. English from Creighton UniversityCreighton University
Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...
in 1967, and her M.A. in 1970 from the San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
. She has taught in the graduate writing programs at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
, the University of California at Irvine, and the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
. She is the founder of the doctoral Program in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, where she currently teaches.
She has a daughter, Annie Muske-Dukes, who graduated from USC in May 2005, and she is the widow of actor David Dukes
David Dukes
David Coleman Dukes was an American character actor.-Life:Dukes was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a highway patrolman...
, who died in 2000.
In addition to her seven books of poetry, she has published four novels, the most recent of which, Channeling Mark Twain (2007), is about a woman poet who teaches poetry at a women's detention facility, just as the author herself did and the perspectives she gains from the poetry her students write. Her work has appeared in Antaeus, Ploughshares, Paris Review, and The New Yorker,.
Awards
- 1999 Witter Bynner FellowshipWitter Bynner FellowshipWitter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the U.S...
- 1981 Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- 1979 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award of the Poetry Society of America
- National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship in Poetry - Ingram-Merrill grant.
Published works
Poetry CollectionsCollaborative Works
- Rendezvous with light: A Collection of Poetry and Photographs: Carol Muske-Dukes and Robbie Kreinces (Figueroa Press, 2005)
Novels
Essay Collections
- Women & Poetry: Truth, Autobiography, and the Shape of the Self (University of Michigan Press, 1997)
Anthologies
Sources
- Library of Congress Online Catalog > Carol Muske-Dukes
- National Book Foundation > 2003 National Book Award Finalist: Poetry > Carol Muske-Dukes
External links
- Author Website
- Poetry Foundation > Carol Muske-Dukes
- Random House > Author Page > Carol Muske-Dukes
- Audio: NPR Fresh Air > Interview: Carol Muske-Dukes, Channeling Mark Twain
- Audio: Bookworm > Michael Silverblatt Interviews Carol-Muske-Dukes About Chaneling Mark Twain > Dec. 20, 2007
- Good Golly A Review by Carol Muske-Dukes in The New York Times Sunday Book Review > of The House on the Boulevard St. By David Kirby > April 29, 2007