Steve Orlen (1942-2010). Courtesy University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Steven L. Orlen (January 13, 1942 - November 16, 2010)[1] was an American poet and academic.[2]
Life[]
Orlen was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the son of Florence Beatrice and Milton H. Orlen.[1] He grew up in Holyoke. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[2]
He was a professor at the University of Arizona, where he founded the creative writing program.[2] He served as visiting professor at the University of Houston, Goddard College, and Warren Wilson College.[3]
Recognition[]
He received Poetry magazine’s George Dillon Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and an Arizona Commission on the Arts grant.[2]
Publications[]
- Sleeping on Doors. Lisbon, IA: Penumbra Press, 1975.
- Separate Creatures. Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1976.
- Permission to Speak. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1978. ISBN 978-0-8195-2090-6
- A Place at the Table: Poems. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982.
- The Bridge of Sighs: Poems. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 1992. ISBN 978-1-881163-00-8
- Kisses: A collection of poems. Oxford, OH: Miami University Press, 1997. ISBN 978-1-881163-20-6
- This Particular Eternity. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-9672668-5-5
- The Elephant's Child: New and selected poems, 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-931337-28-1
- A Thousand Threads: A chapbook. Venice, CA: Hollyridge Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9843100-2-9
- In Spring. Tucson, AZ: New Michigan Press, 2010.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steven L. Orlen, Genealogy.com. Web, Sep. 24, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Steven Orlen, 1942-2010, Poetry Foundation, Web, Nov. 18, 2012.
- ↑ Remembering Steve Orlen, Arizona Poetry Center.
- ↑ Search results = au:Steve Olsen, WorldCat, OCLC Online Compute Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 3, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Song: The Kiss" at Verse Daily
- "Monkey Mind" at Poetry Daily
- Steven Orlen, 1942-2010 at the Poetry Foundation
- Books
- Steve Orlen at Amazon.com
- About
- Steve Orlen at Poetry.net
- In Memory of Steve Orlen (1942-2010) by Jerry Williams
- Steve Orlen at the University of Arizona Poetry Center
- Remembering Steve Orlen (1942-2010) at Isak
- A Tribute to Steve Orlen at New England Review
- "Between the Mouth and the Stinger": review of A Thousand Threads
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