Chanda Feldman Explained

Amaryllis Chanda Feldman (born 1976) is an American poet. She is an assistant professor of creative writing and chair of the creative writing program at Oberlin College,^[1] where she has taught since 2017.^[2] Feldman was born in Tennessee in 1976.^{[3] [4]} She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago (1999),^[5] as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from Cornell University (2003).^[6] She also held a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University from 2008 to 2010,^[7] as well as a MacDowell Fellowship in 2009,^[8] and National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in 2011.^[9] Feldman has been noted in Callaloo as an example of Black people in poetry at American colleges and universities, alongside other Black poets.^[10]

Her first collection, entitled Approaching the Fields, was published by LSU Press in 2018; the book contains four sections, with 22 poems total.^[11] The collection received a positive review from Nan Cohen,^[12] as well as a review from David M. Brunson.^[13] A second collection, Glance, is in press from the same publisher .

References

1. Web site: . Chanda Feldman . 2024-04-06 . . en.
2. Web site: October 12, 2018 . Chanda Feldman, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing . 2024-04-06 . The Oberlin Review.
3. Web site: Chanda Feldman . 2024-04-06 . Chanda Feldman . en-US.
4. Web site: Feldman, Chanda, 1976- . 2024-04-06 . LC Linked Data Service.
5. Web site: Peart . Andrew . Schachter . Lauren . Summer 2020 . Releases . 2024-04-06 . . Entries include an essay by Tyehimba Jess, AB’91, and poetry by Chanda Feldman, AB’99, and English PhD student Korey Williams, AM’14..
6. News: November 2010 . Poet honored . 2024-04-06 . . Chanda Feldman, MFA '03, won a $25,000 creative writing fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts..
7. Web site: Creative Writing Program: Former Stegner Fellows . 2024-04-06 . . en.
8. Web site: Chanda Feldman . 2024-04-06 . . en.
9. Web site: Chanda Feldman . 2024-04-06 . . en.
10. Miller . Isaac Ginsberg . 2017 . POETRY IS NOT A COUNTRY CLUB: Reflecting on "The Change" . . 40 . 3 . 75–97 . 10.1353/cal.2017.0121 . 26776378 . For example, we might note the unprecedented number of Black poets holding posts at US colleges and universities, including... Chanda Feldman at Oberlin College,....
11. Book: Feldman, Chanda . Approaching the Fields: Poems . 2018 . . 978-0-8071-6829-5 . 1132665748.
12. Web site: Cohen . Nan . Nan Cohen . 2020-07-11 . Approaching the Fields by Chanda Feldman, Reviewed by Nan Cohen . 2024-04-06 . RHINO . en-US.
13. Web site: Capsule Reviews . 2024-04-06 . David Brunson . en.