Claudia Emerson's (b. Chatham, Virginia, January 13, 1957 - ) volume Late Wife has been named the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in many journals including: Crazyhorse, The Georgia Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, and TriQuarterly. Her previous volumes of poetry, Pharaoh, Pharaoh (1997) and Pinion, An Elegy (2002) were also published by the Louisiana State University Press. Emerson received her MFA at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she was poetry editor for The Greensboro Review. She is an Associate Professor of English at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.Interviews:
- 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winner's Poems Tackle Divorce, Death and Remarriage, by Jay MacDonald (Divorce360);
- An Interview with Claudia Emerson by Sarah Kennedy (pdf file)(Shenandoah, Winter 2006);
- An Interview with Claudia Emerson by Sarah Kennedy (Poetry Daily fr. Shenandoah, Winter 2006);
- An Interview with Claudia Emerson by Sarah Kennedy (Poetry Daily);
- Blackbird: Audio (Real Player) / Transcript;
- Claudia Emerson Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (PBS News Hour);
- Grace Cavalieri interviews Claudia Emerson (Library of Congress Poet and the Poem Series): MP3 download;
- "...This was the book I had to write at the time." An Interview With Claudia Emerson, by Susan Culver (Lily).
Readings:
- Claudia Emerson reading her poem "Driving Glove" (MP3, Divorce 360);
- Claudia Emerson reading her poem "House Sitting" (MP3, Divorce360);
- Claudia Emerson reading her poem "Pitching Horseshoes" (MP3, Divorce 360);
- Some guy with an accent reading Claudia Emerson's poem "Pitching Horseshoes" (Internet Archive);
- University of Mary Washington, September 27, 2005 (MP3 download).
Poems:
- After the Affair (Verse Daily);
- Aftermath; The Spanish Lover; and Homecoming (Poetry Daily);
- Animal Funerals, 1964 (Verse Daily);
- Artifact (Louisiana State University Press);
- Artifact (PBS News Hour);
- American Life in Poetry #26: Stable (Virtual Grub Street);
- The Bat (Blackbird);
- Bone (Poets.Org);
- Bone (Poem Hunter);
- Bone (My Left Wing);
- Breaking Up the House (PBS News Hour);
- Buying the Painted Turtle (PBS News Hour);
- Frame, an Epistle (Code as Art);
- from "Girls' School" (Verse Daily);
- Great Depression Story (Poetry Daily);
- The Mannequin Above Main Street Motors; Funny Valentine; The Polio Vaccine, Chatham, Virginia, 1964; and Spring Ice Storm (Poet's Spotlight);
- Orchid Anatomy (Verse Daily);
- The Physical Plant as Prologue; Fire Drill; and Beginning Sculpture: The Subtractive Method (Greensboro Review);
- Piano Fire (Virginia Quarterly Review);
- Pitching Horseshoes (Blackbird);
- Possessions (Blackbird);
- Surface Hunting (Blackbird);
- Second Bearing, 1919 (Verse Daily);
- Second Bearing, 1919 (Smartish Pace);
- What They Want (Poetry Daily).
Google Books
- Late Wife (Limited preview, Google Books).
Essays:
- Claudia Emerson: An Appreciation, by Susan Settlemyre Williams (Blackbird).
Reviews:
- Everything We Cannot See: Claudia Emerson's Late Wife by Edward Byrne (Valparaiso Poetry Review);
- Pinion: An Elegy by Claudia Emerson (Susan Settlemyre Williams, Blackbird);
- Pinion: An Elegy by Claudia Emerson (Steve Harris, Avatar Review);
- Unamazing Grace: Claudia Emerson's Late Wife (A Considerable Speck blog).
Photos:
- UMW's Claudia Emerson Awarded 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (Gardner Writes blog, very nice recent photo);
- Diana Oblinger and Claudia Emerson (May 10, 2005);
- With Husband Kent Ippolito (Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase);
- American University MFA flier (pdf 6.0);
- Reading at Chatham Hall (scroll well down for two photos).
Articles:
- Is Wikipedia Handing Out Your Browsing Information to Thousands? Surely takes the prize for the strangest Claudia Emerson / Pulitzer Prize story. ;
- Chatham native named poet laureate (Danville News);
- Chatham native wins poetry Pulitzer (Danville Register and Bee);
- Claudia Emerson: Substitute Teacher, Rural Letter Carrier, Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet by Marc Fisher (Washington Post blog: Raw Fisher);
- Heroine by a Hairbreadth (Newsweek Entertainment);
- Pedestal for a poet: Claudia Emerson wins the Pulitzer (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star);
- Professor Wins Pulitzer Prize (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star);
- Pulitzer Travel Agency by Valley Haggard (Style Weekly);
- UMW's Claudia Emerson named Va.'s poet laureate (Fredericksburg Free Lance Star);
- UMW professor wins Pulitzer for poetry (Fredericksburg.com);
- 2 Pulitzer winners have local ties (Greensboro News Record);
- University of Mary Washington professor wins Pulitzer for poetry (Ohmy News);
- 2005 Witter Bynner Fellow Claudia Emerson Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Library of Congress).
Miscellaneous:
- 2006 Pulitzer Prize Citation;
- Claudia Emerson versus Erik Satie (YouTube Video);
- Claudia Emerson wins pulitzer for poetry (Metafilter);
- List of Judges for 2006 Pulitzer Prize;
- Nonce: a student-run journal under the direction of Claudia Emerson;
- Virginia Poet Laureate Page (Library of Congress).
Claudia Emerson Pages Elsewhere:
- Blue Flower Arts Agency;
- ClaudiaEmerson.Org;
- Pulitzer Prize Biography (w/presentation photo);
- News Hour Poetry Series Profile Page;
- Teens Point Biography (TeensPoint.org).
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