Sharon Dolin is a Jewish American poet, translator, and essayist, who is noted for her work in ekphrasis—writing in dialogue with art.[1]
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| Education | Cornell University, University of California at Berkeley |
Life edit
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she lives in Manhattan, where she is Associate Editor of Barrow Street Press and directs Writing about Art in Barcelona.[citation needed] Dolin earned her B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1977, an M.A. from University of California at Berkeley in 1982, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1990.[citation needed] Dolin received the Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress[2] and the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry.[3]
Dolin co-founded the Center for Book Arts Letterpress Poetry Chapbook Competition as well as the CBA Broadside Reading Series.[citation needed] She has taught at The Cooper Union, Hofstra University, The New School (where she was Writer-in-Residence at Eugene Lang College from 2006 to 2012), the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y,[4] and Poets House.[citation needed]
Published works edit
- Dolin, Sharon (2020). Hitchcock Blonde: A Cinematic Memoir. Terra Nova Press. ISBN 9781949597080.
- Dolin, Sharon (2016). Manual for Living. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822964063.
- Dolin, Sharon (2012). Whirlwind. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822962212.
- Dolin, Sharon (2008). Burn and Dodge. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822960058.
- Dolin, Sharon (2004). Realm of the Possible. Four Way Books. ISBN 9781884800573.
- Dolin, Sharon (2003). Serious Pink. Marsh Hawk Press. ISBN 9780971333260.
- Dolin, Sharon (1995). Heart Work. The Sheep Meadow Press. ISBN 9781878818423.
Translations edit
- Gorga, Gemma (2019). Book of Minutes. Oberlin College Press. ISBN 9780997335552.. Translated from the Catalan by Sharon Dolin.
References edit
- ^ "Manual For Living by Sharon Dolin". The Rumpus.net. August 24, 2016.
- ^ "Witter Bynner Fellowships (Prizes and Fellowships, The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov.
- ^ "AWP: Award Series Winners". www.awpwriter.org.
- ^ Deborah Ager; M. E. Silverman (26 September 2013). The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry. A&C Black. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4411-8304-0.
External links edit
- Learning Early from Hitchcock that Nightmares Can be Real. Excerpt for Hitchcock Blonde on LitHub.
- Sharon Dolin on Advice, Poetry and "Happenstance". Missouri Review Interview.
- Economy of Means: On Translating Gemma Gorga.
- Q&A: Sharon Dolin. Poetry Magazine interview from 2012.
- Poet Invents Eighth Deadly Sin. NPR Interview from 2008.