Mary Koncel Explained

Mary Koncel is an American poet^[1] who has published three books of poetry. She is known for writing prose poetry.

Biography

Koncel was born and raised in Chicago and holds a BFA in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago and MFA in English from MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Worthington, Massachusetts. Koncel teaches writing at Smith College,^[2] and is a writing consultant to Boston's Department of Public Health in the AIDS Bureau.^[3] Koncel is known for prose poetry that is a combination of humor and visual images.^[4]

Koncel is also involved with the American Wild Horse Campaign,^[5] a group that finds homes for horses and burros on public lands in the United States.^[6]

Grants and awards

• 1996 - Poetry Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council
• Finalist, the Norma Farber First Book Award

Bibliography

Books

• Closer to the Day (1999) - Quale Press
• You Can Tell The Horse Anything^[7]
• The Last Blonde - Hedgerow Books (2017)^[8]

Anthologies

• The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry
• No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets (edited by Ray Gonzalez)
• The Best of the Prose Poem: An International Journal
• Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry
• Ladies, Start Your Engines: Women Writing on Cars and on the Road

Journal publications

• The Massachusetts Review
• The Journal
• The Illinois Review
• key satch(el)
• Denver Quarterly
• The Prose Poem: An International Journal

Notes and References

1. News: Worth Noting. December 11, 2004. Berkshire Eagle. 21 April 2011.
2. News: Parnass . Larry . 2004-08-25 . Poet Mary Koncel whispers about horses . 17 . Daily Hampshire Gazette . 2022-06-03.
3. Web site: Mira . Allegra . 2009-12-02 . Mary Koncel and Kate Greenstreet . 2022-06-03 . masslive . en.
4. News: Watson . Bruce . 1996-06-25 . Massachusetts Cultural Council awards grants to 3 area poets . https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103080245/massachusetts-cultural-council-awards/,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103080294/ . Daily Hampshire Gazette . 2022-06-03.
5. News: Pfarrer . Steve . February 2, 2018 . Art Maker: Mary Koncel, poet . Daily Hampshire Gazette .
6. News: Dunau . Bera . 2021-11-06 . Rescued burros find home in hilltown . C1 . The Recorder . 2022-06-10.
7. Reviews for You can tell the horse anything
   • News: Bergman . J Peter . 2004-04-04 . Mary Koncel's prose poems make every well-chosen word count . 34 . The Berkshire Eagle . 2022-06-03.
   • News: Parnass . Larry . 2004-08-25 . Poet Mary Koncel whispers about horses . 17 . Daily Hampshire Gazette . 2022-06-03.
8. Reviews for The Last Blonde
   • News: Crapo . Trish . 2017-11-23 . Poet loves to tell stories, create rhythm, music, compression . c2 . The Recorder . 2022-06-03.
   • News: Newman . Lesléa . January 5, 2018 . Book Bag: 'The Last Blonde' and 'Lovely' . Daily Hampshire Gazette . June 3, 2022.