Diann Blakely (born 1957 in Anniston, Alabama) is an American poet, essayist, and reviewer.[1][2] She graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of the South, and subsequently received an M.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1980, and a M.F.A. from Vermont College in 1989.[2] She has also studied at New York University.[2] Her first book of poetry, Hurricane Walk was published under the name Diann Blakely Shoaf in 1992,[2] and was named of one of ten best books by the St Louis Post Dispatch. Her second book, published in 2000, 'Farewell, my lovelies' influenced by 'noir' shading.[3] She is married to the music journalist, Stanley Booth.[4] She is the book and arts reviewer for the Nashville Scene, and has served as poetry editor for the Antioch Review.[2]
Awards
- Pushcart Prize (1994, 1995)
- Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award (Poetry Society of America).
Selected Publications
- Cities of Flesh and the Dead (Elixir Press, 2008)
- Farewell, My Lovelies (Story Line Press, 2000)
- Hurricane Walk (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1992)
Poems
- Ten Poems at storySouth
- Afterwords (IM William Matthews) at The Best American Poetry
- Bad Blood at Verse Daily
Anthologies
- Whatever Remembers Us: An Anthology of Alabama Poetry (Negative Capability Press, 2007)
- Best American Poets 2003 (Scribner, 2003)
- Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (UPNE, 1999)
- The Movies: Texts, Receptions, Exposures (University of Michigan Press, 1997)
- Pushcart Prize Anthologies XIX and XX (Pushcart Press, 1996 and 1997)
- Lights, Camera, Poetry!: American Movie Poems, The First Hundred Years (Mariner Books, 1996)
- Homewords (University of Tennessee Press, 1986)
Reviews and essays
References
- ^ Komunyakaa, Yusef (2003). The Best American Poetry 2003 : Series Editor David Lehman. New York: Scribner. pp. 247–8. ISBN 0-7432-0388-7.
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(help) - ^ Lehman, David (2000). The perfect murder: a study in detection. Ann Arbor, Mich: University of Michigan Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-472-08585-9.
- ^ Daphne Carr; Marcus, Greil (2009). Best Music Writing 2009 (Da Capo Best Music Writing). New York: Da Capo Press. p. 273. ISBN 0-306-81782-9.
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External Links
- Author's website
- http://www.utc.edu/Academic/TennesseeWriters/authors/blakely.diann.html
- Archives: Diann Blakely (Nashville Scene)
- Cities of Flesh and the Dead reviewed by Emma Bolden (Poets' Quarterly)
- 'Facing the Black-Winged Angel' by Pablo Tanguay (Nashville Scene)
- With National Book Critics' Circle