Martha Ronk

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

Life

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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

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Works

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Poetry

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  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • 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

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Memoir

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Ploughshares

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References

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  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.
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