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Encyclopedia > Mary Jo Salter

Mary Jo Salter (1954 - ) is an American poet, a coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Poetry [1] and is the Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Mount Holyoke College. A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... W. W. Norton & Company is an American book publishing company. ... Mount Holyoke College, (founded as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary 8 November 1837), is a liberal arts womens college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. ...


Salter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was raised in Detroit, Michigan and Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.A. from Harvard University in 1976 and her M.A. from Cambridge University in 1978. While at Harvard, she studied with the noted poet, Elizabeth Bishop. She has been an editor at the Atlantic Monthly and at The New Republic. Nickname: Furniture City Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: Motor City, Motown, Hockey Town Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Official website: www. ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from above. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer, increasingly regarded as one of the finest 20th century poets writing in English. ... The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine that was founded in November 1857. ... For other uses, see the disambiguation section. ...


She has taught at Mount Holyoke since 1984 and has been vice president of the Poetry Society of America since 1995.

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Poems

  • A Kiss in Space and A Rainbow Over the Seine

Poetry collections

  • The Norton Anthology of Poetry (coeditor)
  • Open Shutters (2003)
  • A Kiss in Space (1999)
  • Sunday Skaters (1994)
  • Unfinished Painting (1989)
  • Henry Purcell in Japan (1985)

Play

  • Falling Bodies (2004)

Children's literature

  • The Moon Comes Home (1989)

Articles

  • The Achiever: Helen Keller by Mary Jo Salter

Awards

  • 2004: Meribeth E. Cameron Faculty Award for Scholarship
  • 2003: New York Times Notable Book of the Year - Open Shutters
  • 1989: Lamont Selection for the year’s most distinguished second volume of poetry - Unfinished Painting
  • Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship

External links

  • Biography from the Library of Congress National Book Festival
  • Biography from Blue Flower Arts
  • Mount Holyoke Biography
  • Author Interview at failbetter.com
  • Smith Biography
  • Borzoi interview


 

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