Patty Paine (born May 17, 1965) is an American poet, author, and scholar from Vernon, New Jersey.[1] She is the author of five poetry collections and the co-editor of two anthologies of Arabian literature. In 2007, Paine established Diode Poetry Journal and founded the small press Diode Editions in 2012. Paine is an Associate Professor and Director of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar.
Published works
editAuthored works
editBooks
edit- Grief & Other Animals. Accents Publishing. 2015 ISBN 978-1-936628-37-7
- The Sounding Machine. Accents Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1-936628-11-7
Chapbooks
edit- City of Small Fires. Hysterical Books. 2018.
- Feral. Imaginary Friend Press. 2012.
- Elegy & Collapse. Finishing Line Press. 2006.
Select poems
edit- "The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice," Verse Daily, 7 July 2018.[2]
- "Call and Response," The Adroit Journal, Issue 13.[3]
- "what we made by looking," Waxwing, Issue 12, 2017.[4]
- "a place that bears no scar," Thrush, July 2017.[5]
- "Memento Mori" and "Vanishing [the window’s lament]," Muse/A Journal, 2016.[6]
- "What Light Does," Blackbird v14n2, 2015.[7]
- "Dogs," Umbrella Journal, 2007.[8]
- "Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost ||| OCHO #16," The Literary Review.[9]
- "Purple, A Morphology" and "i don't want," pioneertown.[10]
- "this is the nature of that country," AMP Magazine Issue 2.[11]
Select prose
editNonfiction
edit- "Review | The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok." Blackbird v8n1. 2016 [12]
Interviews
edit- Abani, C. "A Conversation with Chris Abani." Blackbird v8n1. 2009.[13]
Edited works
editAnthologies
edit- Paine, Patty, and Samia Touati, eds. Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry. Garnet Publishing & Ithaca Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0863723759
- Paine, Patty, Jesse Ulmer, and Michael Hersrud, eds. The Donkey Lady and Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf. Berkshire Academic Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1907784125
Select translations
edit- Al Kuwari, Soad. "The Flood." Trans. Fatima Mostafawi with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[14]
- Al Kuwari, Soad. "Modernity in the Desert." Trans. Sara Al Qatami with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[15]
- Al Sindi, Fawzia. "from Less Than Ink." Trans. Bahaa-eddin M. Mazid with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[16]
- Mufarreh, Saadia. "Soon She Will Leave." Trans. Hend Mubarek Aleidan with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[17]
- Tarkovsky, Arseny. "Here, a house once stood." Trans. Philip Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev. Ed. Patty Paine. Diode Poetry Journal v7n3, 2014.[18]
Awards and honors
edit- 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist for Grief & Other Animals (Accents Publishing, 2015)[19]
- 2014 THE WARDROBE’S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE’S “FERAL” [20]
- 2013 Distinguished Achievement for Service Award, VCUarts Qatar[21]
- 2011 Winner of the Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest for The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing, 2012) [22]
- 2010 Distinguished Achievement in Research Awards, VCUarts Qatar[23]
- 2007 AWP Intro Journal Award[24]
- 2007 Catherine and Joane Byrne Poetry Prize[25]
Select reviews
edit- "Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman." Anna Journey. Blackbird v5n2. 2006.[26]
- "Review | The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine." Catherine MacDonald. Blackbird v11n2. 2012.[27]
- "Review | Feral, by Patty Paine." Emilia Phillips. Blackbird v11n1. 2012.[28]
- "Review | Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine." Laura Van Prooyen. Blackbird v12n2. 2016.[29]
Interviews
edit- Doallas, Maureen and Patty Paine. "Interview with Poet Patty Paine (Part 1): Write Fearlessly." tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things. 2014.[30]
- Duotrope and Patty Paine. "Editor Interview: diode poetry journal." Duotrope. 12 January 2012.[31]
- McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals." Accents Publishing Blog. 28 September 2015.[32]
- McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Plunging into the Depths to Measure." Public Republic. 6 May 2013.[33]
- Montesano, Keith and Patty Paine. "#63 - Patty Paine." First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet. 25 January 2013.[34]
- Schubert, Karen and Patty Paine. "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions." Best American Poetry Blog. 13 December 2014.[35]
Panels
edit- Mattawa, Khaled, Patty Paine, and Jeff Lodge. "A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa." Blackbird v6n2. 2007.[36]
References
edit- ^ "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions". Best American Poetry. Best American Poetry. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice". Verse Daily. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Call and Response". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "what we made by looking". Waxwing. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "a place that bears no scar". Thrush. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Memento Mori and Vanishing [the window's lament]". Muse/A Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "What Light Does". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Dogs". Umbrella Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost OCHO #16". The Literary Review. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Two Poems". Pioneertown. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "this is the nature of that country". AMP. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "A Conversation with Chris Abani". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "The Flood". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Modernity in the Desert". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "from Less Than Ink". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Soon She Will Leave". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Here, a house once stood". Diode Poetry Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "GRIEF & OTHER ANIMALS". Foreword Reviews. Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "THE WARDROBE'S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE'S "FERAL"". Sundress Publications. Sundress Publications. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Faculty Awards". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar.
- ^ "VCUQatar Professor Wins 2011 Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "VCUQatar Faculty Honored". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine". Umbrella. Umbrella. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine". Umbrella. Umbrella. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review Feral, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "INTERVIEW WITH POET PATTY PAINE (PART 1): WRITE FEARLESSLY". tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Editor Interview: diode poetry journal". Duotrope.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals". Accents Publishing. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Plunging into the Depths to Measure". Public Republic. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "#63 - Patty Paine". First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions". Best American Poetry Blog. Best American Poetry. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.