Kate Rushin Explained
| Kate Rushin |
| Birth Name: | Donna Kate Rushin |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Oberlin College |
| Notableworks: | "The Bridge Poem" |
| Awards: | Rose Low Rome Memorial Poetry Prize; Grolier Poetry Prize |
Donna Kate Rushin (born 1951),[1] popularly known as Kate Rushin, is a Black lesbian poet. Rushin's prefatory poem, "The Bridge Poem", to the 1981 collection This Bridge Called My Back is considered iconic. She currently lives in Connecticut.[2]
Education
Rushin was raised in Lawnside, New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Art's degree from Oberlin College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University.[2] In 2021, she became Poet in Residence in the English Department of Connecticut College.[3] [4]
Publications
- The Black Back-Ups (Firebrand Books, 1993).[5]
- "After the Accident." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 192–193.[6]
- "Word Problems." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 190–191.[7]
- "Reeling Memories For My Father." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 188–189.[8] Reprinted in Callaloo 24, no. 3 (2001): 885–86.
- "The Tired Poem: Lost Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman." In Feminism and Community, edited by Weiss Penny A. and Friedman Marilyn, 77–82. Temple University Press, 1995.[9] Reprinted in Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, ed. Barbara Smith (Rutgers University Press, 2000): 247–251.
- "The Black Back-Ups." Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, ed. Barbara Smith (Rutgers University Press, 2000): 60–63.
- "Instructions from the Flight Crew to a Poet of African Descent Living in a State of Emergency." Callaloo 22, no. 4 (1999): 976–976.[10]
- "Rosa Revisited" in Teaching the art of poetry: the moves, A, Baron Wormser and A, David Cappella (Routledge, 1999): 305–306.
- "A Pacifist Becomes Militant and Declares War." In My Lover is a Woman – Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems, Lesléa Newman (Ballantine Books, 1999): 211–214.
- "Six Poems." The Radical Teacher, no. 42 (1992): 22–23.
- "Comparative History: Our Stories." Callaloo, no. 39 (1989): 290-91.[11]
- "Living in My Head." The Women's Review of Books 1, no. 2 (1983): 15.[12]
- "The Brick Layers." The Women's Review of Books 1, no. 2 (1983): 15.[13]
- "This Bridge Poem." In This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa (Kitchen Table Press, 1983; reprinted State University of New York Press Albany, 2015): xxxiii-xxxiv. Republished in Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, ed. Carole McCann and Seung-kyung Kim (Routledge, 2013): 266–267.
Awards
- Rose Low Rome Memorial Poetry Prize
- Grolier Poetry Prize[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: Kate Rushin. Lift Every Voice African-American Poetry. Library of America. March 14, 2023.
- Web site: Kate Rushin. Kate Rushin Poet. 22 April 2018 . 10 July 2020.
- Web site: Kate Rushin. Connecticut College.
- Web site: Kate Rushin. Poetry Foundation. March 14, 2023.
- Book: Rushin, Kate. The Black Back-Ups.. Firebrand Books. 1993.
- Rushin. Kate. 2000. After the Accident. Callaloo. 23. 1. 192–193. 10.1353/cal.2000.0067. 162145058 . 1080-6512.
- Rushin. Kate. 2000. Word Problems. Callaloo. 23. 1. 190–191. 10.1353/cal.2000.0066. 201791768 . 1080-6512.
- Rushin. Kate. 2001. Reeling Memories for My Father. Callaloo. 24. 3. 885–886. 10.1353/cal.2001.0208. 161549700 . 1080-6512.
- Rushin, Kate. "The Tired Poem: Lost Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman." In Feminism and Community, edited by Weiss Penny A. and Friedman Marilyn, 77–82. Temple University Press, 1995.
- Rushin. Kate. 1999. Instructions from the Flight Crew to a Poet of African Descent Living in a State of Emergency. Callaloo. 22. 4. 976. 10.1353/cal.1999.0189. 162146206 . 1080-6512.
- Rushin. Kate. 1989. Comparative History: Our Stories. Callaloo. 39. 290–291. 10.2307/2931563. 0161-2492. 2931563.
- Rushin. Kate. November 1983. Living in My Head. The Women's Review of Books. 1. 2. 15. 10.2307/4019445. 0738-1433. 4019445.
- Rushin. Kate. November 1983. The Brick Layers. The Women's Review of Books. 1. 2. 15. 10.2307/4019446. 0738-1433. 4019446.
- Bowen, Angela (2021), "1988 Introductory Speech by Angela Bowen for Kate Rushin receiving the Grolier Poetry Prize," Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 8, Article 32.
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