Ellery Akers Explained

Ellery Akers
Alma Mater:Harvard University (BA)
San Francisco State University (MA)
Occupation:Poet, artist
Relatives:Anthony B. Akers (father)
Andra Akers (sister)
John Russell Pope (grandfather)
William Ellery

Ellery Akers (born 1946) is an American writer and artist living on the Northern California Coast.[1] She is the author of three poetry collections: Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance; Practicing the Truth and Knocking on the Earth,[2] as well as a children's novel, Sarah’s Waterfall.[3]

Early life and education

Akers is the daughter of Anthony B. Akers, an attorney and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand during the Kennedy Administration.[4] Her maternal grandfather was architect John Russell Pope. Her sister, Andra Akers, was a character actress.[5] Akers is a distant relative of William Ellery, a jurist and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Ellery received a B.A. from Radcliffe College and an M.A. from San Francisco State University.[6] [7]

Career

Akers has won thirteen national writing awards, including the 2014 Autumn House Poetry Prize,[8] the John Masefield Award, the Poetry International Prize,[9] and Sierra magazine's Nature Writing Award. Her poetry has been featured on National Public Radio and American Life in Poetry and has appeared in such journals as The American Poetry Review,[10] New York Times Magazine and The Sun.[11]

She has taught writing at Cabrillo College, Humboldt State University, Skyline College, Squaw Valley Academy, and Foothill College.[12] She has also taught private poetry workshops. Among her honors are fellowships from the MacDowell Colony,[13] Ucross Foundation,[14] and Headlands Center for the Arts.[15]

Works

Anthologies

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ah, Wilderness Is Paradise Enow. Harvard Crimson. Harvard University. 1 July 2015.
  2. Book: Knocking On Earth (Wesleyan New Poets). 1989. Wesleyan University Press. 0819511625.
  3. Web site: Sarah's Waterfall . Safer Society Press Bookstore . Safer Society Press . 1 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151011062332/https://www.safersociety.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=WP135 . 11 October 2015 .
  4. Book: United States Department of State. Newsletter. 1976. en.
  5. Web site: 2002-04-16. Andra Akers. 2020-07-08. Variety. en.
  6. Web site: Ah, Wilderness Is Paradise Enow. 1 July 2015. Harvard Crimson. Harvard University.
  7. Web site: 2020-07-07. Ellery Akers. 2020-07-08. Poetry Foundation. en.
  8. Web site: Poetry. Autumn House Press. 1 July 2015.
  9. Web site: Poetry International Prize . https://web.archive.org/web/20130212182038/http://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/contests_pi.html . dead . 12 February 2013 . Poetry International . 1 July 2015 .
  10. Web site: On Writing: Feeding The Lake. The American Poetry Review. 1 July 2015.
  11. Web site: Akers. Ellery. Long Distance: England. The Sun. 1 July 2015.
  12. Web site: Turkovich. Marilyn. Ellery Akers. Voices Education. 1 July 2015.
  13. Web site: Index of MacDowell Fellows. MacDowell. The MacDowell Colony. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20090526052307/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php. 2009-05-26. dead.
  14. Web site: Literature. Ucross Foundation. 1 July 2015. 6 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005757/http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program/alumni-list/literature/. dead.
  15. Web site: Alumni Search. Headlands Center for the Arts. 12 September 2014 . 1 July 2015.

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