Linda Leavell Explained

Linda Leavell is an American writer, scholar, and professor. Her biography of Marianne Moore won the PEN Weld Award for Biography and the Plutarch Award. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.^[1]

Life

Leavell graduated from Baylor University and received her PhD in English from Rice University.She was a professor of American literature at Rhodes College for one year and at Oklahoma State University for 24 years.^[1]

Works

• Marianne Moore and the Visual Arts: Prismatic Color, Louisiana State University Press, 1995.
• Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

External links

• Web site: Linda Leavell – author of Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore. Lindaleavell.com. 20 July 2018.
• Web site: Linda Leavell – Authors – Macmillan. Us.macmillan.com. 20 July 2018.
• Web site: Linda Leavell : Biographers International Organization. Biographersinternational.org. 20 July 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Linda Leavell | author of Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore. www.lindaleavell.com.
2. News: What a Mother. Wilmers. Mary-Kay. 2015-12-03. London Review of Books. 2018-03-02. 19–22. 0260-9592.
3. News: 'Holding On Upside Down,' a Biography of Marianne Moore. Cotter. Holland. 2014-02-12. The New York Times. 2018-03-02. en-US. 0362-4331.
4. News: Badger, Mole, and Marianne Moore. Vendler. Helen. 2013-11-07. The New York Review of Books. 2018-03-02. en. 0028-7504.