Martha Ronk

Martha Clare Ronk (born 1940 Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet.

Life

She graduated from Wellesley College, and Yale University with a B.A. and Ph.D. ^[1] She taught at the University of Colorado and Otis College of Art and Design, ^[2] and Naropa University Summer Writing Program. ^[3] and Occidental College. She joined the Occidental faculty in 1981 and retired as a professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies in 2014. ^[4]

She has lived in Los Angeles since 1971.

Awards

• 2006 National Poetry Series ^[5]
• 2005 PEN USA award in poetry ^[6]
• Lynda Hull Poetry Award
• 2002 The Denver Quarterly ^[7]
• Artist Residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Djerassi
• MacArthur summer Research Grant
• Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship from Wellesley College
• Gertrude Stein Awards in Poetry
• NEA grant ^[8]

Works

Poetry

• Ocular Proof. Omnidawn Publishing. 2016. ISBN   978-1632430250
• Transfer of Qualities. Omnidawn Publishing. 2013. ISBN   978-1890650827
• "A MEMORY OF HER LODGED IN WET AIR AND SKIN"; "GETTING A HOLD"; "WHY DOES ONE DREAM OF THEM?", Jacket 13, April 2001
• "Objects". Boston Review. January–February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
• "In a landscape of having to repeat", Poetry Foundation
• In a Landscape of Having to Repeat. Omnidawn Publishing. 2004. ISBN   978-1-890650-17-9.
• Why/Why Not. University of California Press. 2003. ISBN   978-0-520-23811-4.
• Eyetrouble. University of Georgia Press. 1998. ISBN   978-0-8203-1992-6.
• Desert Geometries. Illustrator Don Suggs. Littoral Books. 1992. ISBN   978-1-55713-151-5.
• Recent Terrains photographer Laurie Brown, Center for American Places, Johns Hopkins Press, 2000
• Desire in LA. University of Georgia Press. 1990. ISBN   978-0-8203-1176-0.
• Vertigo, selections . Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN   978-1-56689-205-6. chapbook
• Prepositional. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books 2004.
• Quotidian chapbook, a+bend books, 2000
• Allegories chapbook with artist Tom Wudl, ML & NLF Books, 1998 Emblems, chapbook, Instress, 1998

Short stories

• Glass Grapes: And Other Stories. BOA Editions. 2008. ISBN   978-1-934414-13-2.

Memoir

• State of Mind. Sun & Moon Books. 1995. ISBN   978-1-55713-236-9.
• Displeasures of the Table. Green Integer. 2001. ISBN   978-1-892295-44-6.

Ploughshares

• "Cameras Came Then to Replace Descriptive Paragraphs". Ploughshares. Winter 2005–2006. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007.
• "Fishes". Ploughshares. Winter 1990–1991. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007.

References

1. "Martha Ronk". oxy.edu. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
2. "Graduate Writing Faculty - Otis". Archived from the original on 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
3. "Vertigo: Coffee House Press: Books". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
4. "Cheers, Tears for 2014". Occidental College | The Liberal Arts College in Los Angeles. 2014-05-18. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
5. "2006". National Poetry Series . Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
6. "Literary Awards Winners Archive". PEN America . Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
7. "About Denver Quarterly". Denver Quarterly . Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
8. "NEA Writers' Corner: Martha Ronk". Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-18.

External links

• Martha Ronk Papers MSS 697. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.