Colleen J. McElroy explained

Colleen J. McElroy
Birth Place:	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	Kansas State University
Notableworks:	Sidewalk Games
Awards:	American Book Award

Colleen J. McElroy (October 31, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri – December 12, 2023)^[1] was an American poet, short story writer, editor, memoirist.^{[2] [3]}

Life

She graduated from Kansas State University (1958) and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. (1973).^[4] She was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, where she was the first African-American woman to serve as a full-time faculty member. From 1995 to 2006, she edited The Seattle Review, first in the role of Poetry Editor, then as Editor-in-Chief.^{[5] [6]} She lived in Seattle, Washington,^[7] until her death in December 2023.^[8]

Awards

• 1978 awarded the NEA Creative Writing Fellowship for Poetry
• 1985 American Book Award
• 1988 Fulbright Creative Writing Fellowship, which took her to Yugoslavia
• 1991 awarded the NEA Creative Writing Fellowship for Fiction
• 1992 DuPont Distinguished Scholar in Residence
• 1991 Rockefeller Fellowship to the Bellagio Center in Lake Como, Italy
• 1993 Fulbright Creative Writing Fellowship, which took her to Madagascar.

Works

Poetry

• Sidewalk Games'^[9]
• Webs and Weeds^[10]
• Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide^[11]
• Lothar's Wife^[12]
• Sleeping with the moon: poems^[13]
• Travelling music^[14]
• Bone Flames: Poems^[15]
• Music from home: selected poems^[16]

Memoirs

• A Long Way from St. Louie^[17]
• Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar^[18]

Short stories

• Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories^[19]
• Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories^[20]

Anthologies

• Best American Poetry 2001^[21]
• Oxford Anthology of African American Literature^[22]

Ploughshares

• While Poets Are Watching^[23]
• Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories ^[24]
• Paris Subway Tango^[25]
• Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy^[26]
• Furlough^[27]

External links

• McElroy, Colleen J. (b. 1935) at HistoryLink

Notes and References

1. Web site: Who's Who Among African Americans. 2011. January 27, 2016. Biography in Context. Gale.
2. Book: Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, Yolanda Williams Page . 2013-10-18. 9780313334290 . Page . Yolanda Williams . 2007 .
3. Web site: Readings and Lectures: Colleen McElroy | English | University of Portland . College.up.edu . 2013-10-18.
4. Web site: University Press of New England | Redirect Page . Upne.com . 2013-10-18.
5. Web site: Colleen J. McElroy. The Poetry Foundation. January 2, 2024.
6. Web site: History & Mission. The Seattle Review. University of Washington. January 2, 2024.
7. Web site: Colleen J. McElroy | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers . Pw.org . 2008-06-09 . 2013-10-18.
8. News: Alexandra . Yoon-Hendricks . 2024-01-01 . Colleen McElroy, renowned poet and UW's first full-time Black female faculty member, dies . 2024-01-01 . The Seattle Times . en-US.
9. Web site: Trueblood . Valerie . Sidewalk Games by Colleen J. McElroy . The Poetry Foundation . 2013-10-18.
10. Web site: Trueblood . Valerie . Webs and Weeds by Colleen J. McElroy . The Poetry Foundation . 2013-10-18.
11. Web site: Trueblood . Valerie . Out Here Even Crows Commit Suicide by Colleen J. McElroy . The Poetry Foundation . 2013-10-18.
12. Web site: Trueblood . Valerie . Lothar's Wife by Colleen J. McElroy . The Poetry Foundation . 2013-10-18.
13. Book: Sleeping with the moon: poems. University of Illinois Press. 2007. 978-0-252-07476-9 .
14. Book: Travelling music. Story Line Press. 1998. 978-1-885266-65-1 .
    • Book: What madness brought me here: new and selected poems, 1968-1988. Wesleyan University Press. 1990. 978-0-8195-1188-1 .
15. Book: Bone Flames: Poems. University Press of New England. 1987. 978-0-8195-5172-6 .
    • Book: Queen of the Ebony Isles. Wesleyan University Press. 1984. 978-0-8195-6101-5 .
16. Book: Music from home: selected poems. Southern Illinois University Press. 1976. 978-0-8093-0774-6.
17. Book: A Long Way from St. Louie . Coffee House Press . 1997 . 978-1-56689-059-5 . (travel memoirs)
18. Book: Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar. University of Washington Press. 2001. 978-0-295-98115-4 . (field notes and translations of Malagasy poems and stories).
19. Book: Driving under the cardboard pines and other stories. Creative Arts Book Co.. 1990. 978-0-88739-073-9 .
20. Book: Jesus and Fat Tuesday: and other short stories. Creative Arts Book Co.. 1987. 978-0-88739-023-4 .
21. Book: Best American Poetry 2001. Scribner . August 21, 2001. 978-0-7432-0384-5 . Robert Hass . David Lehman .
22. Book: Oxford Anthology of African American Literature. Arnold Rampersad, Hilary Herbold. Oxford University Press. October 1, 2005. 978-0-19-512563-4.
23. While Poets Are Watching. Ploughshares. Spring 1981 .
24. Caution: This Woman Brakes for Memories . Ploughshares. Spring 1993 .
25. Paris Subway Tango . Ploughshares. Spring 1993 .
26. Crossing the Rubicon at Seventy. Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08 .
27. Furlough. Ploughshares. Winter 2007–08 .