Melissa Studdard Explained

Melissa Studdard
Birth Place:Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality:American
Education:University of Houston (BA, MA)
Sarah Lawrence College (MFA)
Occupation:Poet,
author,
professor,
interviewer
Known For:Dear Selection Committee, I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast
Website:Melissa Studdard

Melissa Studdard was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and is an American author, poet, talk show host, and professor. Her most recent book is the poetry collection Dear Selection Committee. The title poem from her collection I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast was produced as a short film and featured as an official selection at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival.[1] Her middle-grade novel, Six Weeks to Yehidah won a Forward National Literature Award and Pinnacle Book Achievement Award.[2] The accompanying journal, My Yehidah, was released in December 2011 and was adopted by art and play therapists for clinical use in adolescent therapy sessions.[3]

Studdard is a full-time college professor at Lone Star College–Tomball. She is the former host and producer of VIDA Voices & Views for .[4] In her podcast work she has interviewed such figures as Jane Hirshfield, Rita Dove, Julia Cameron, Robert Pinsky, Patricia Smith, Cheryl Strayed, Joy Harjo, and Krista Tippett. Studdard is also a past president of the Women's Caucus and moderated their annual meeting at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference.[5] She is also an honorary Professor at the International Art Academy in Volos, Greece.[6] She co-hosts the poetry series "Poems You Need" with Kelli Russell Agodon.

Early life

Melissa Studdard was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and was raised in Texas. She received her B.A. (1991) and M.A. (1995) from the University of Houston, and her M.F.A. (1997) from Sarah Lawrence College.

While at the University of Houston, Studdard worked on the college's literary journal, Gulf Coast, as a production editor, curated the Gulf Coast Reading Series, and taught college courses for the Houston Community College System.

While at Sarah Lawrence College, she worked as an assistant editor at Chelsea (magazine) and taught for City University of New York at Baruch College, John Jay College, and Hunter College. She then briefly taught at San Jose State University and the University of Houston–Downtown, prior to accepting a full-time teaching position with Lone Star College in 2001.[7]

Works

Selected short works

Studdard's work has been published in multiple journals, magazines, newspapers, blogs sites, and anthologies, including The New York Times,[9] The Best American Poetry,[10] Ms. Magazine,[11] Poetry (magazine),[12] The Guardian,[13] The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day,[14] Southern Humanities Review,[15] Kenyon Review,[16] Harvard Review,[17] Verse Daily,[18] Missouri Review,[19] and Psychology Today.[20] [21]

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast. Motionpoems. en-US. 2019-05-13.
  2. http://forwardliteratureaward.com/2011_Award_Results.html Forward National Literature
  3. Web site: Chiron Volume 31 Jung Foundation of Ontario.
  4. Web site: About VIDA Voices & Views. 2015-11-12. VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. en-US. 2019-05-13.
  5. Web site: AWP: Conference Schedule. awpwriter.org. 2019-05-13.
  6. Web site: International Art Academy. www.artsociety.gr.
  7. Web site: Melissa Studdard - Bio . 2023-05-16 . SAINT JULIAN PRESS, Inc. . en.
  8. Web site: Sandage . Chivas . 2022-11-30 . Ms. Muse: Melissa Studdard on the Power of Poetry to Create the World We Want . 2023-05-16 . Ms. Magazine . en-US.
  9. News: 2018-08-17 . Being Women: Poetry and Imagery . en-US . The New York Times . 2019-05-13 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: The Best American Poetry . The Best American Poetry.
  11. Web site: Ms. Muse: Melissa Studdard on the Power of Poetry to Create the World We Want . Ms. Magazine. 30 November 2022 .
  12. Web site: Melissa Studdard. Poetry. Foundation. November 22, 2022. Poetry Foundation.
  13. Web site: Huddled masses? Losers! Trump v Statue of Liberty. Spencer. Jane. the Guardian. en. 2019-05-13.
  14. Web site: Respect by Melissa Studdard - Poems Academy of American Poets. egonzalez. 2015-06-22. Respect. en. 2019-05-13.
  15. Web site: The 2010s. Southern Humanities Review. en. 2019-05-13.
  16. Web site: https://www.https://kenyonreview.org/journal/novdec-2019/selections/out-loud-nd19/.
  17. Web site: Home. Healy. Laura. Harvard Review. en-US. 2019-05-13.
  18. Web site: Verse Daily: Integrating the Shadow by Melissa Studdard. www.versedaily.org. 2019-05-13.
  19. Web site: Poems: Melissa Studdard The Missouri Review . 2023-05-16.
  20. Web site: Gratitude and Passion: To Love One Thing. Psychology Today. en-US. 2019-05-13.
  21. Web site: Tiferet Staff. Tiferet Journal. en-US. 2019-05-13.
  22. Web site: Melissa Studdard and Chelsea Dingman Win the 17th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers . 2023-05-16 . PRWeb.
  23. Web site: Julie Suk Award . Julie Suk Award. 11 February 2019 .
  24. Web site: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award.
  25. Web site: Winners of the 2020 Emerging Poet Prize! . 10 July 2020 .
  26. Web site: Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Competition.
  27. Web site: Penn Review Prizes.
  28. Web site: Migration Patterns - Winning Writers.
  29. Web site: Past Winners | the Missouri Review.
  30. Web site: NameBright - Coming Soon.
  31. Web site: Aesthetica Magazine - Shortlist 2019. Aesthetica Magazine.
  32. Web site: Favorite Poem Project. poetrylifesrq.
  33. Web site: 2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize – the Semifinalists - Cultural Daily. 16 October 2019.
  34. Web site: LSC-Tomball Professor Melissa Studdard Selected for International Literary Award. fatcatwebproductions.com.
  35. Web site: Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard • VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. October 5, 2016.
  36. Web site: 2015 Book Award Contest Winners. Readers' Favorite.
  37. Web site: International Book Award Winner -- 2013. 2014-12-26. 2020-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20200606162845/http://internationalbookawards.com/aboutuscontactus/2013awardannouncement.html. dead.
  38. Web site: Readers Favorite Award Winner -- 2013 . 2014-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226131955/https://readersfavorite.com/2013-award-contest-winners.htm/ . 2014-12-26 . dead .
  39. Web site: Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards For 2013. bookmarketingprofits.com.
  40. Web site: Readers Favorite Award Winner -- 2012 . 2012-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120703190640/http://readersfavorite.com/2012-award-contest-winners.htm . 2012-07-03 . dead .
  41. Web site: Indie Excellence Award Winner -- 2012 . 2012-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120702055630/http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2012.htm . 2012-07-02 . dead .
  42. Web site: Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards For 2011. bookmarketingprofits.com.
  43. http://forwardliteratureaward.com/2011_Award_Results.html The Forward National Literature Award Winner -- 2011

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