Chloe Honum Explained

Chloe Honum (born 1981) is a New Zealand-American poet and professor. She was born in Santa Monica, California, and was raised in Auckland, New Zealand, and holds dual-citizenship.[1] [2] She earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 2003,[3] her M.F.A in Poetry from University of Arkansas in 2010, and her Ph.D. in Poetry from Texas Tech University in 2016.[4]

She is currently an Associate Professor of Poetry at Baylor University in Texas.[5] Her interests are listed as creative writing poetry and postmodern American poetry.

She has won a Pushcart Prize, and received a Ruth Lilly Fellowship alongside fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Kerouac House of Orlando, and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.[6] In 2019, Honum was the recipient of the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship and focused her work on forced adoptions in New Zealand during the 1950s through the 1970s. The collection was tentatively named The Girl Alone.[7] [8] She also earned a Texas Institute of Letters Award.[9]

Her work has been published in Poetry Magazine,[10] The Adroit Journal,[11] Blackbird,[12] Tupelo Quarterly,[13] and Shenandoah.[14]

Honum cites her background as a ballerina in her youth as an influence, stating, "As in ballet, in poetry I’m drawn to precision, strength, and music." She has stated that grief was "what first drew her to poetry",[15] and her poetry often deals heavily with the loss of her mother, who committed suicide when Honum was 17.[16]

Works

Her first book, The Tulip-Flame, was published in 2014 which was selected by Tracy K. Smith for the Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize. Catherine Pond from the Los Angeles Review of Books described the collection as, "In fact, what the collection lacks is in many ways its greatest strength. Patience is Honum’s virtuosity. She is taking her time. This is how poetry is meant to be written – and read."[17]

Her next book, Then Winter, was published in 2017 by Bull City Press.[18]

Her most recent collection, The Lantern Room, was published in 2022 by Tupelo Press.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Phillips . Emilia . A Single Step Over and Over: An Interview with Chloe Honum by Emilia Phillips . January 28, 2024 . 32 Poems.
  2. Web site: 2022-03-28 . A Memorandum of My Several Senses: Chloe Honum's The Lantern Room . 2024-01-29 . The Common . en-US.
  3. Web site: February 22, 2019 . Chloe Honum '03 . Sarah Lawrence College.
  4. Web site: Chloe Honum . January 28, 2024 . Creative Writing MFA Info.
  5. Web site: 2022-12-13 . Dr. Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . english.artsandsciences.baylor.edu . en.
  6. Web site: Foundation . Poetry . 2024-01-28 . Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . Poetry Foundation . en.
  7. Web site: 2019 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow will explore stigma and stereotypes New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa . 2024-01-29 . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2019-02-11 . Baylor English Professor and Poet Receives One of New Zealand's Leading National Literary Awards . 2024-01-29 . news.web.baylor.edu . en.
  9. Web site: Poets . Academy of American . Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . Poets.org . en.
  10. Web site: Foundation . Poetry . 2024-01-28 . Spring by Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . Poetry Magazine . en.
  11. Web site: 2018-10-23 . Issue Four: Chloe Honum The Adroit Journal - The Adroit Journal . 2024-01-29 . en-US.
  12. Web site: "Stopping at a Gas Station on the Third Day of Driving Across the Country" by Chloe Honum Blackbird v16n2 #poetry . 2024-01-29 . blackbird.vcu.edu.
  13. Web site: 2020-07-14 . Chloe Honum Archives . 2024-01-29 . Tupelo Quarterly . en-US.
  14. Web site: "The Tulip-Flame" by Chloe Honum – Shenandoah . 2024-01-29 . en.
  15. Web site: Thorne . Rhiannon . March 26, 2019 . A Writer's Insight: Chloe Honum . January 28, 2024 . The Southern Review.
  16. Web site: 2023-09-08 . The language of grief and the healing power of poetry and prose, with Ross Gay and Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . KCRW . en.
  17. Web site: 2014-06-19 . The Trauma of Beauty . 2024-01-29 . Los Angeles Review of Books.
  18. Web site: 2017-03-18 . Then Winter by Chloe Honum . 2024-01-29 . Bull City Press . en-US.
  19. Web site: The Lantern Room . 2024-01-29 . Tupelo Press . en-US.

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