Lee Upton Explained

Lee Upton (born June 2, 1953, St. Johns, Michigan^[1]) is an American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic.^[2] She earned a BA in journalism at Michigan State University,https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Upton__Lee a master of fine arts (MFA) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Program for Poets & Writers,^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} and a PhD in English literature at the State University of New York at Binghamton.^[7]

Life

She is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and literary criticism, including The Muse of Abandonment (1998, Bucknell University Press), Civilian Histories (2000, University of Georgia Press), Undid in the Land of Undone (2007, New Issues/Western Michigan University Press), and The Guide to the Flying Island (2009, Miami University Press).^{[8] [9]} She is a former^[10] professor of English and writer in residence at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.^[11] In 1990, Upton collaborated with artist Ed Kerns and fellow poet Charles Molesworth on an exhibition of poetry and images at the Williams Center in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the New Republic, American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, and DoubleTake.

Awards

• 2008 Miami University Press Novella Prize
• Lyric Poetry Award
• Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award at the group’s 95th annual awards ceremony April 28, 2005 at The New School in New York City.^[12]
• 1988 National Poetry Series

Bibliography

Poetry collections

• The Day Every Day Is. Ardmore, PA: Saturnalia Books, 2023. Recipient of the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize.
• Bottle the Bottles the Bottles the Bottles. Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2015. Winner of the Open Book Award.
• Undid in the Land of Undone. Kalamazoo: New Issues Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-930974-72-2.
• Civilian Histories. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8203-2185-1.
• Approximate Darling. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-8203-1811-0.
• Book: On Stage Tonight . Troll Communications Llc . 1991 . 978-0-89375-791-5.
• No Mercy. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Winner of the National Poetry Series. ISBN 978-0-87113-339-7. Winner of the 1988 National Poetry Series.
• The Invention of Kindness. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1984. ISBN 978-0-8173-0197-2.
• Book: Small Locks. Fallen Angel Press. 1979. 0-931598-08-7 .

Novels

• Book: Tabitha, Get Up . Sagging Meniscus . 2024 . 978-1-952386-89-3 . May 2024 . English.

Novellas

• Book: The Guide to the Flying Island. Miami University Press. 2009. 978-1-60743-571-6 . Winner of the Miami University Novella Award

Short fiction collections

• Visitations: Stories. Yellow Shoe Fiction Series. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Recipient of Kirkus Star; listed in “Best of the Indies 2017” and “Best Indie Books for December” by Kirkus; American Book Fest Best Book Awards finalist; “Distinguished Stories of 2017” by Best American Short Stories 2018; Pushcart Prize 2018 notable story
• Book: The Tao of Humiliation. BOA Editions. 2014. 978-1-938160-32-5. Winner of the BOA Short Fiction Award; listed in “Best Books of 2014” by Kirkus; Paterson Prize in Fiction finalist

Nonfiction

• Book: Swallowing the Sea: On Writing & Ambition, Boredom, Purity & Secrecy . Tupelo Press . 2012 . 978-1-936797-13-4. Winner of ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award
• Book: Defensive Measures: The Poetry Of Niedecker, Bishop, Gluck, And Carson. Bucknell University Press. 2005. 978-0-8387-5607-2 .
• Book: The Muse of Abandonment. Bucknell University Press. 1998 . 978-0-8387-5396-5 .
• Book: Obsession and release: rereading the poetry of Louise Bogan. Bucknell University Press. 1996. 978-0-8387-5321-7 .
• Book: Jean Garrigue: A Poetics of Plenitude . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press . 1991 . 978-0-8386-3397-7.

Libretto

• The Masque of Edgar Allan Poe, composer Kirk O’Riordan, librettist Lee Upton. Performanced by University of Delaware Opera Theatre at University of Delaware on November 11, 2016 and University of Delaware Opera Theater at Williams Center for the Arts at Lafayette College on November 13, 2016.

Collaborative Art Books

• Tying & Untying. Lee Upton and Jim Toia. Clinton, NJ: Lucia Press, 2012.
• The Maid at the Pond. Curlee Holton and Lee Upton. Experimental Printmaking Institute, 2006.
• Omniscient Love. Curlee Holton and Lee Upton. Experimental Printmaking Institute, 2005.

Selected anthologies

• Book: The Best American Poetry 2011. Kevin Young . David Lehman. Simon and Schuster. 2011. 978-1-4391-8150-8.
• Book: The Best American Poetry 2008. Charles Wright . David Lehman. Simon and Schuster. 2008. 978-0-7432-9975-6.
• Book: American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets. David Walker. Oberlin College Press. 2006. 978-0-932440-28-0 .
• Book: Glimmer Train Stories, #36. Susan Burmeister-Brown. Glimmer Train Press. 2001. 978-1-880966-36-5 .

External links

• "Award-Winning Poet", Oberlin College
• "Lee Upton Biography", American Poetry
• "Lee Upton at the New School [reviewed by Angela Patrinos]"
• "Lee Upton", Here Comes Everybody, January 25, 2005
• "Interview with Lee Upton", Adirondack Review

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summary Bibliography: Lee Upton . 2024-01-29 . www.isfdb.org.
2. Web site: Domina Publishes 'Inland Sea' Poetry Book Northern Today . 2024-01-29 . news.nmu.edu.
3. Web site: "Lee Upton", Pennsylvania Center for the Book . 2009-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515202938/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Upton__Lee.html . 2013-05-15 . dead .
4. Web site: Verse Daily: Lee Upton. www.versedaily.org. 2016-05-11.
5. http://www.collegenews.org/x4412.xml Poetry Society of America Honors Lafayette English Professor Lee Upton with Two Awards
6. Web site: The Adirondack Review: Lee Upton, Featured Poet Spring 2003. adirondackreview.homestead.com. 2016-05-11.
7. Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book . 2024-01-22 . pabook.libraries.psu.edu.
8. Book: Upton, Lee. The Muse of Abandonment: Origin, Identity, Mastery, in Five American Poets. 1998-01-01. Bucknell University Press. 9780838753965. en.
9. Web site: Lee Upton - Lee Upton Poems - Poem Hunter. www.poemhunter.com. 2016-05-11.
10. Web site: Falak . Onab . English Professor Lee Upton to celebrate retirement . 2024-01-22 . The Lafayette.
11. Web site: Lee Upton Directory of Writers Poets & Writers. www.pw.org. 2016-05-11.
12. http://lafayette.edu/news.php/view/7314/ Poetry Society of America Honors English Professor Lee Upton with Two Awards