Carol Muske-Dukes Explained

Carol Muske-Dukes
Birth Name:Carol Muske
Birth Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Education:Creighton University (BA)
San Francisco State University (MA)
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Children:Annie Muske-Dukes

Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and professor, and the former poet laureate of California (2008–2011).[1] 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.[2]

Life

Muske-Dukes grew up in Forest Lake, Minnesota. She received B.A. English from Creighton University in 1967, and her M.A. in 1970 from San Francisco State University.[3] 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 one of the founding members of the USC PhD in Creative Writing & Literature, where she currently teaches.[4]

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.[5] Her work has appeared in Antaeus, Ploughshares,[6] Paris Review,[7] and The New Yorker.

Awards

Published works

Poetry collections

Collaborative works

Novels

Essay collections

Anthologies

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cac.ca.gov/programs/poetlaureate.php
  2. Web site: Johnson . Pamela J. . Carol Muske-Dukes Appointed California Poet Laureate : News : USC Dornsife . College.usc.edu . 2008-11-01 . 2015-12-01.
  3. Web site: Faculty Profile : USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences . College.usc.edu . 2011-04-22 . 2015-12-01.
  4. Web site: Carol Muske-Dukes | Academy of American Poets . Poets.org . 2015-12-01.
  5. Kaminski, Margot, 2007 "Prison Poets Give Teacher New Outlook", San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, pp. M1-2.
  6. Web site: Read By Author | Ploughshares . Pshares.org . 2015-12-01.
  7. http://www.parisreview.com/viewissue.php/prmIID/137
  8. http://www.gf.org/fellows/10486-carol-muske