Mary Meriam Explained

Mary Meriam
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation:Freelance writer/editor
Alma Mater:Bennington College
Columbia University
Nationality:American
Genre:Poetry
Movement:New Formalism

Mary Meriam (born 1955) is an American poet and editor.[1] She is a founding editor of Headmistress Press, one of the few presses (possibly the only press) in the United States specializing in lesbian poetry.[2]

Biography

Mary Meriam was born in Passaic, New Jersey.[3] She earned a B.A. in Poetry from Bennington College and an M.F.A. in Poetry from Columbia University.[4] She has published four full-length collections of poetry and four chapbooks. Three of her books (Word Hot, Conjuring My Leafy Muse, and Girlie Calendar) make up the Lillian Trilogy, which is dedicated to her mentor, Lillian Faderman.[5]

Her first full-length collection, Conjuring My Leafy Muse (2015), was warmly praised by Naomi Replansky, David Bergman, Willis Barnstone, and others; it was nominated for the 2015 Poets' Prize.[6] [7] Girlie Calendar (2016) has been similarly well received.[8] [9] A new collection, My Girl's Green Jacket (2018), was favorably reviewed by several advance readers, including Rhina Espaillat, Rachel Hadas, and Stu Watson.[10]

Meriam founded Lavender Review, an e-zine of lesbian poetry and art, on Gay Pride Day, June 27, 2010.[11] In 2013, she founded Headmistress Press, a lesbian poetry press, with Risa Denenberg.

Her poetry, reviews, and essays have been published widely in literary journals, including Poetry,[12] The Cimarron Review,[13] The Evansville Review,[14] The Gay & Lesbian Review,[15] The Journal of Lesbian Studies, Literary Imagination, Measure, Mezzo Cammin, Rattle,[16] Sinister Wisdom,[17] and The Women's Review of Books;[18] in anthologies, such as Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse,[19] Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters,[20] and Obsession: Sestinas in the 21st Century;[21] and on websites such as the Poetry Foundation, Ms. magazine,[22] and The New York Times.[23]

Meriam often uses traditional forms in her poetry. She invented an original form called "Basic Me" which has been used by other poets, including Catherine Tufariello and Marly Youmans.[24] [25] [26]

Books

Full-length poetry collections

Chapbooks

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Mary Meriam . January 2019 .
  2. Web site: Headmistress Press . Poets & Writers.
  3. Ager, Deborah; and Silverman, M. E. The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, p. 150. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2013. . Accessed December 26, 2017. "Mary Meriam - Born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1955, she has published essays, reviews, and poems appearing recently in The New York Times, Poetry Foundation, American Life in Poetry, Measure, Mezzo Cammin, Bridges, Light, Think, and Sentence."
  4. Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly . About the Contributors . 3 . 2 . 2002 . 127–130. 10.1300/J161v03n02_13 . Editorial Submission . Haworth .
  5. Web site: Weave Magazine . Seasonal Revelations of the Self: A Review of Mary Meriam's Girlie Calendar by Mindy Kronenberg .
  6. Web site: Foreword Reviews . Review of Conjuring My Leafy Muse .
  7. Web site: Mary Meriam . Praise for Conjuring My Leafy Muse .
  8. Web site: . Read a F*cking Book: 'The Lillian Trilogy' . February 25, 2016.
  9. Web site: . Jenna Le: 'Hard-Ridden Heart'—Mary Meriam's The Lillian Trilogy . March 24, 2016.
  10. Web site: Mary Meriam . My Girl's Green Jacket . December 10, 2017 .
  11. Web site: Lavender Review . Lavender Review: Lesbian Poetry & Art .
  12. Web site: Poetry Foundation . Dictionary of Owl by Mary Meriam . 31 May 2022 .
  13. Web site: Seven Kitchens Press . Mary Meriam: The Lesbian . 2016-09-22 .
  14. Web site: The Evansville Review . Archives .
  15. Web site: The Gay & Lesbian Review . Mary Meriam .
  16. Web site: Rattle . Mary Meriam .
  17. Web site: Sinister Wisdom . Sinister Wisdom 66: Lesbians and Activism .
  18. Web site: Women's Review of Books . November/December 2017 .
  19. Book: Bauer . Grace . Grace Bauer . Kane . Julie . Julie Kane . Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse . Lost Horse Press . 2017 . 978-0998196336.
  20. Book: Finch . Annie . Annie Finch . Oliver . Alexandra . Alexandra Oliver . Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters . . 2015 . 9780375712487.
  21. Book: Krysl . Marilyn . Marilyn Krysl . Obsession: Sestinas in the 21st Century . . 2014 . 9781611685299.
  22. Web site: Ms. magazine . Mary Meriam .
  23. News: The New York Times . Poetry Pairing . July 29, 2010 .
  24. Web site: Mary Meriam . Basic Me .
  25. Web site: Mezzo Cammin . Tufariello . Catherine . A Lexicon .
  26. Web site: Mezzo Cammin . Youmans . Marly . Glossary by Twilight .
  27. Web site: SWWIM . Pushcart Prize Nominations . December 1, 2017 .
  28. Web site: American Library Association . 2016 Over the Rainbow List. 2016-01-19 .
  29. News: The San Diego Reader . A call for sonnets . April 27, 2016 .
  30. Web site: Washington Independent Review of Books . Cavalieri . Grace . Grace Cavalieri . June 2014 Exemplars .

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