Sheila Black Explained

Sheila Black, an American poet, has written over 40 books for children and young adults as well as four poetry collections. She was a 2000: U.S. co-winner of the Frost-Pellicer Frontera Prize, and a 2012 Witter Bynner Fellowship.^[1]

Life

She graduated from Barnard College and received her master's degree from the University of Montana.^[2] . Teaching part-time at New Mexico State University and also working as Development Director for the Colonias Development Council, Sheila Black continues to write poetry, recently becoming co-editor of Beauty Is A Verb: The New Poetry of Disability with Jennifer Bartlett and Mike Northen. Sheila Black was diagnosed with XLH, commonly referred to as Vitamin-D Resistant Rickets,^[3] at a young age. Black continues to advocate for equal rights for persons with disabilities. She has three children and lives with her husband in Texas.

Style

Confessional poetry

In her poems, Sheila Black writes in a confessional style, often referencing past conflicts that resulted from her diagnosis of XLH, such as in her poem What You Mourn.^[4] According to Sheila Black,

Reviews

• On Love/Iraq:

• On House of Bone:

Selected works

Poetry collections

• House of Bone. CW Press. Poems.; Wordtech Communications, 2007,
• Love/Iraq. CW Press. Poems.; WordTech Communications, 2009,
• Wen Kroy,, Dream Horse Press, 2014,
• Iron/Ardent, Educe Press, 2017,
• Radium Dream, Salmon Poetry, 2022,

Poetry collections, collaborative

• Continental Drift, with Michelle Marcoux. Patriothall, Edinburgh, UK. Poems, Paintings.

Poetry collections, co-editor

• Book: Beauty Is A Verb. Sheila Black . Jennifer Bartlett . Michael Northen. Cinco Puntos Press. 2011. 978-1-935955-37-5. . Poems.

Children's books

• My Very Own Tooth Fairy Pillow, Random House Children's Books, 1990,
• Patrick the Pup, Andrews and McMeel/Ariel Books, 1996,
• Will the Real Ms. X Please Report to the Principal!, Troll, 1998,
• Me and Maya, the super brain, McGraw-Hill School Division, 2000,
• Lassie (1994), Puffin High Flyer, Troll,

External links

• Web site: Four Questions with Editor Sheila Black, Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability. Duke City Fix. September 18, 2011 .
• http://krwg.org/post/interview-poet-sheila-black
• http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v2n1/poetry/black_s/land.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poet Laureate Chooses L.S. Asekoff and Sheila Black for Witter Bynner Award and Reading, April 5. Library of Congress.
2. Web site: Sheila Black, Blackbird.
3. Web site: Home . xlhnetwork.org.
4. Web site: Wordgathering: Black . www.wordgathering.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100426032855/http://www.wordgathering.com/past_issues/march_2007/poetry/black1.html . 2010-04-26.