Nathalie Anderson

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Nathalie Anderson
Born
Nathalie Frances Anderson

(1948-06-02) June 2, 1948 (age 75)
Columbia, South Carolina
Alma mater Agnes Scott College
Georgia State University
Emory University
Occupation(s)Poet, author, professor

Nathalie F. Anderson (born 1948) is an American poet and librettist. She is a 1993 Pew Fellow, and author of several books of poetry: Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Held and Firmly Bound (a chapbook), and Stain. In collaboration with composer Thomas Whitman, she authored four libretti: The Black Swan, [1] Sukey in the Dark, Babylon and A Scandal in Bohemia. [2] [3]

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Life

Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Anderson earned her bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College in 1970, her master's degree from Georgia State University, and her Ph.D. degree from Emory University. [4]

She has been teaching at Swarthmore College since 1982 and is currently a Professor Emerita in their Department of English Literature. She is also Director of their Program in Creative Writing as well as a Poet in Residence at the Rosenbach Museum & Library. [5]

Anderson runs Philadelphia's literary event listserv, Lit-Philly.

Some of Anderson's work has been featured in various print and online journals: Atlanta Review, [6] [7] Poetry Daily, [8] Fox Chase Review, [9] Natural Bridge, [10] [11] [12] The New Yorker, [13] Paris Review, [14] [15] [16] [17] The Recorder: The Journal of American Irish Historical Society, [18] Prairie Schooner, [19] [20] [21] Denver Quarterly, [22] Nimrod, [23] Inkwell Magazine, [24] The Louisville Review, [25] and Southern Poetry Review. [26]

On November 8, 2012, University of Pennsylvania's Kelly Writers House inaugurated the Eva and Leo Sussman Poetry Program with poetry readings by featured guest writers and instructors, Nathalie Anderson, Elaine Terranova, and Joan Hutton Landis. [27]

Awards

Works

Poetry books

Anthology appearances

Performances

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References

  1. ↑ "The Black Swan Synopsis". Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  2. ↑ "The Baker Street Journal with a link to an mp3 audio excerpt from A Scandal in Bohemia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  3. ↑ Thomas Whitman and Nathalie Anderson talk about A Scandal in Bohemia
  4. ↑ Swarthmore College Bulletin - Nathalie Anderson
  5. ↑ Swarthmore College Bulletin - Nathalie Anderson
  6. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Fall–Winter 2007). "Bersiul". Atlanta Review. 14 (1): 83.
  7. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Fall–Winter 2008). "Revelation: Shatterings at Canterbury". Atlanta Review. 15 (1): 43.
  8. ↑ Poetry Daily's Featured Poet for April 28, 2012
  9. ↑ 2010 Winter/Spring Fox Chase Review
  10. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (2002). "Country Night, County Donegal". Natural Bridge. Spring 2002: Irish Issue (7).
  11. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (2002). "Early Orangemen on the Road to Armagh". Natural Bridge. Spring 2002: Irish Issue (7).
  12. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (2012). "Celebrity". Natural Bridge. Spring 2012 (27).
  13. ↑ Eh? by Nathalie Anderson
  14. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Summer 1988). "Cymophobia: fear of waves". The Paris Review. 30 (107): 46.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Summer 1988). "Aulophobia: fear of flutes". The Paris Review. 30 (107): 47.
  16. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Summer 1988). "Erythrophobia: fear of blushing". The Paris Review. 30 (107): 48.
  17. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Summer 1988). "Nephophobia: fear of clouds". The Paris Review. 30 (107): 49.
  18. ↑ The Recorder, volume 22, no. 2 - Four poems by Nathalie Anderson in this issue
  19. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (1985). "Oralee Dantzler". Prairie Schooner. 59 (4): 89. JSTOR   40631649.
  20. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (1985). "Lost Sisters". Prairie Schooner. 59 (4): 90. JSTOR   40631650.
  21. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (1985). "Gazelles". Prairie Schooner. 59 (4): 91–92. JSTOR   40631651.
  22. ↑ Nathalie, Anderson (1989). "Red Sea". Denver Quarterly. 24 (1).
  23. ↑ Nathalie, Anderson (1997). "Formic Acid". Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry.
  24. ↑ Nathalie, Anderson (2000). "Slow Airs". Inkwell Magazine: 5.
  25. ↑ Nathalie, Anderson (1995). "On Purchasing A Second Case Of R. W. Knudsen Family Pomegranate Juice". Louisville Review.
  26. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (Winter 1998). Southern Poetry Review. 38 (2).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  27. ↑ Inauguration of the Eva and Leo Sussman Poetry Program including readings by Nathalie Anderson, Elaine Terranova and Joan Hutton Landis. Audio and Video clips of the event can be found here.
  28. ↑ Washington Prize List of Winners
  29. ↑ "Slow Airs" appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Inkwell Magazine
  30. ↑ North American Review's James Hearst Poetry Prize Winners
  31. ↑ Anderson, Nathalie (2004). "Squeeze". North American Review. 289 (2): 6.
  32. ↑ Robert McGovern Publication Prize for Crawlers.
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