Maurice Manning (poet)
Maurice Manning | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Danville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
Education | Earlham College (BA) University of Kentucky (MA) University of Alabama (MFA) |
Period | Early 21st Century |
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | The Common Man, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions |
Children | 1 |
Maurice Manning (born 1966) is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, was awarded the
Life
Manning was born in
Manning lists the poets William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Penn Warren among his influences, as well as Wendell Berry and Henry David Thoreau.[8]
Manning appeared in KET's 2018 documentary, Robert Penn Warren: A Vision. Of Warren, he said "Robert Penn Warren had a vision. Not only a creative vision expressed through his fiction and poetry, but a broader vision of our entire country and its complicated history. So for me, there is something remarkable about this man that I find deeply moving, always."[9]
Publications
Manning's first collection, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, won the
Manning's poems have appeared in
Bibliography
- Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions. ISBN 978-0-300-08998-1.
- A Companion For Owls. ISBN 978-0-15-101049-3.
- Bucolics. ISBN 978-0-15-101310-4.
- The Common Man. ISBN 978-0-547-24961-2.
- The Gone and the Going Away. ISBN 9780547939957.
- One Man's Dark. ISBN 9781556594748.
- Railsplitter. ISBN 978-1556595714.
References
- ^ "Maurice Manning | VQR Online".
- ^ University, Transylvania (2016-12-17). "Mr. Maurice Manning". www.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Poet and Former DePauw Prof. Maurice Manning to Present September 20 Reading - DePauw University". DePauw University. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ "Indiana University Bloomington".
- ^ a b "Mmanning - Readab". 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Transylvania University: Prominent Kentucky poet Manning joins Transylvania faculty". www.transy.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
- ^ Eblen, Tom (20 August 2013). "Poet Maurice Manning is harvesting a different type of Kentucky crop". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "Poet Maurice Manning: A Voice in the Wilderness". Garden & Gun. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Robert Penn Warren: A Vision". KET. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ "Yale Series of Younger Poets". Yale University Press. 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (19 August 2001). "Poetry in Brief: The Lone Deranger Rides Again". The New York Times. p. 17. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Sunderlin, Jacob (8 September 2010). "Does the Story in Your Heart Involve a Donkey?: Maurice Manning's Common Man". Sycamore Review. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Three Indiana University professors are recipients of 2011 Guggenheim Fellowships". Indiana University. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ "Indiana University Bloomington".
- ^ "Maurice Walker Manning". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.