Alison Hawthorne Deming's guest appearances

Alison Hawthorne Deming

F***ing Shakespeare

Poetry Centered

Sumita Chakraborty

Jericho Brown

Jia Tolentino

Karen Walrond

Elizabeth Lindsey

Matthew Zapruder

Mira Jacob

Hanif Abdurraqib

Nick Flynn

Douglas Kearney

Jabari Asim

Maggie Smith

Edan Lepucki

Jane Hirshfield

Juditha Dowd

OwlTail

Alison Deming is so prolific and has been writing for so long that it was a bit overwhelming to pack into a 20-minute interview, but we tried our best. Hawthorne is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona, where she founded the Field Studies in Writing Program in 2015. She has an MFA from Vermont College, a Stegner Fellowship, two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and multiple other fellowships, residencies and prizes. Her new book, A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress, was released by Counterpoint Press in August.Honorable mentions:Poet Pattiann RogersNovelist and short story writer Andrea BarrettScottish poet and essayist Kathleen JamieWriter and curator Rebecca SenfWriter Pam HoustonTrace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret SavoyThe Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco CantuGuerilla Girls, an anonymous group of feminist activist artistsDeming’s daughter, artist Lucinda Bliss

Alison Deming is so prolific and has been writing for so long that it was a bit overwhelming to pack into a 20-minute interview, but we tried our best. Hawthorne is Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona, where she founded the Field Studies in Writing Program in 2015. She has an MFA from Vermont College, a Stegner Fellowship, two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and multiple other fellowships, residencies and prizes. Her new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-woven-world-on-fashion-fishermen-and-the-sardine-dress/9781640094826" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Woven World: On Fashion, Fishermen, and the Sardine Dress</a>, was released by Counterpoint Press in August. Honorable mentions:<ul><li>Poet Pattiann Rogers</li><li>Novelist and short story writer Andrea Barrett</li><li>Scottish poet and essayist Kathleen Jamie</li><li>Writer and curator Rebecca Senf</li><li>Writer Pam Houston</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/trace-memory-history-race-and-the-american-landscape/9781619025738" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape</a> by Lauret Savoy</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-line-becomes-a-river-dispatches-from-the-border/9780735217737" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border</a> by Francisco Cantu</li><li>Guerilla Girls, an anonymous group of feminist activist artists</li><li>Deming’s daughter, artist Lucinda Bliss</li></ul>

AWP21—Alison Hawthorne Deming

Alison Hawthorne Deming introduces recordings of Diane Ackerman reading a love poem for an extraterrestrial (“Ode to the Alien”), Cornelius Eady choosing gratitude as a response to anger and racial discrimination (“Gratitude”), and N. Scott Momaday describing a memorable encounter with Georgia O’Keeffe (“Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu”). Deming also reads a new poem written during this time of quarantine and isolation, “Territory Drive,” originally published at Terrain.org.Listen to the full recordings of Ackerman, Eady, and Momaday reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:Diane Ackerman (1985)Cornelius Eady (1991)N. Scott Momaday (1992)You can also find readings by Alison Hawthorne Deming on Voca, including her most recent, which was given as part of our Climate Change &amp; Poetry series in 2017. 

<a href="https://alisonhawthornedeming.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison Hawthorne Deming</a> introduces recordings of Diane Ackerman reading a love poem for an extraterrestrial (“Ode to the Alien”), Cornelius Eady choosing gratitude as a response to anger and racial discrimination (“Gratitude”), and N. Scott Momaday describing a memorable encounter with Georgia O’Keeffe (“Forms of the Earth at Abiquiu”). Deming also reads a new poem written during this time of quarantine and isolation, “Territory Drive,” originally published <a href="https://www.terrain.org/2020/letter-to-america/letter-to-america-deming-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at Terrain.org</a>.Listen to the full recordings of Ackerman, Eady, and Momaday reading for the Poetry Center on Voca: <a href="https://voca.arizona.edu/reading/diane-ackerman-november-20-1985" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diane Ackerman (1985)</a> <a href="https://voca.arizona.edu/reading/cornelius-eady-november-6-1991" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cornelius Eady (1991)</a> <a href="https://voca.arizona.edu/reading/n-scott-momaday-march-30-1992" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N. Scott Momaday (1992)</a>You can also find <a href="https://voca.arizona.edu/reader/deming-alison-hawthorne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">readings by Alison Hawthorne Deming</a> on Voca, including <a href="https://voca.arizona.edu/reading/alison-hawthorne-deming-february-16-2017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her most recent</a>, which was given as part of our Climate Change &amp; Poetry series in 2017.

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