Maureen Seaton

Maureen Seaton (born October 20, 1947 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American LGBTQ poet, activist, and professor of English/Creative Writing at the University of Miami.[1][2] She is the author of thirteen solo books of poetry, ten co-authored books of poetry, and her memoir, Sex Talks to Girls.[3] Throughout her writing career, Seaton has often collaborated with fellow poets Denise Duhamel, Neil de la Flor, Kristine Snodgrass, and Samuel Ace.[4][5][6][7]

Background

Seaton received her MFA in Creative Writing/Poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Books

Solo work

Poetry
  • Sweet World. CavanKerry Press, 2019.
  • Fisher. Black Lawrence Press, 2018.
  • Tit, with Blue Guitar. Dancing Girl Press (chapbook), 2016.
  • Fibonacci Batman: New and Selected Poems (1991-2011). Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013.
  • Genetics. Jackleg Press, 2012.
  • Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009.
  • America Loves Carney. Sow's Ear (chapbook), 2009.
  • Venus Examines Her Breast. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2004.
  • Little Ice Age. Invisible City Press, 2001.
  • Miss Molly Rockin'. Thorngate Road (chapbook), 1998.
  • Furious Cooking. University of Iowa Press, 1996.
  • The Sea Among the Cupboards. New Rivers Press, 1992.
  • Fear of Subways. The Eighth Mountain Press, 1991.

Prose
  • Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir. University of Wisconsin Press, 2008, 2018.

Co-authored poetry
  • Myth America: Poems in Collaboration, by Tres Abuelas y una Mamá. Anhinga Press, 2020 (with Carolina Hospital, Nicole Hospital-Medina, and Holly Iglesias).
  • Road to the Multiverse. Ravenna Press (Triple Series #11), 2020 (with Samuel Ace).
  • Caprice: Collected, Uncollected, and New Collaborations. Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015 (with Denise Duhamel).
  • Two Thieves & a Liar. Jackleg Press, 2012 (with Neil de la Flor & Kristine Snodgrass).
  • Sinéad O'Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds. Firewheel Editions, 2011 (with Neil de la Flor).
  • Stealth, Chax Press. 2011 (with Samuel Ace).
  • Facial Geometry. NeoPepper Press, 2006 (chapbook, with Neil de la Flor & Kristine Snodgrass).
  • Little Novels. Pearl Editions, 2002 (chapbook, with Denise Duhamel).
  • Oyl. Pearl Editions, 2000 (chapbook, with Denise Duhamel).
  • Exquisite Politics. Tia Chucha Press, 1997 (with Denise Duhamel).

Co-edited
  • Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos. Anhinga, 2018 (with Neil de la Flor).
  • Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry. Soft Skull Press, 2007 (with Denise Duhamel & David Trinidad).

Awards and honors
  • 2020 RHINO 2020's Editors' Prize ("4th Stage Metaphoric Breast Cancer").
  • 2019 Florida Book Award for Poetry (Sweet World)
  • 2015 The Best Small Fictions ("This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking")
  • 2015 Fellow, U.S. National Parks, Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
  • 2013 Best American Poetry ("Chelsea/Suicide")
  • 2011 Sentence Book Award for Sinéad O'Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds (with Neil de la Flor)
  • 2009 Winner, Sow's Ear Chapbook Competition for America Loves Carney
  • 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir for Sex Talks to Girls[8]
  • 2005 Fellow, The Hermitage, Sarasota Arts Council, Manasota Key, FL
  • 2005 Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry for Venus Examines Her Breast[9]
  • 2001 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (with Rhino) for "Toy Weather"
  • 2001 Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • 1998 Pushcart Prize in Poetry for "LA Dream #2"
  • 1998 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (with Spoon River Poetry Review) for "Confession"
  • 1997 Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • 1997 Best American Poetry ("Fiddleheads")
  • 1997 Poetry Society of America & Illinois Arts Council, "A Chorus of Horizontals" appeared on Chicago subways and buses as a part of "Poetry in Motion."
  • 1997 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (with Another Chicago Magazine) for "Genetics"
  • 1996 Pushcart Prize in Poetry for "Theories of Illusion"
  • 1996 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry for Furious Cooking[10]
  • 1996 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award (with Chicago Review) for "A Chorus of Horizontals"
  • 1995 Iowa Poetry Prize for Furious Cooking
  • 1995 Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • 1994 Editors' Prize in Poetry (The Missouri Review)
  • 1994 Illinois Arts Council Grant
  • 1994 National Endowment of the Arts, Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry
  • 1994 Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • 1993 The Society of Midland Authors Award for The Sea among the Cupboards
  • 1993 Fellow, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
  • 1992 The Capricorn Award for Poetry for The Sea among the Cupboards
  • 1991 McAfee Discovery Award (The Missouri Review)
  • 1990 The Eighth Mountain Press Poetry Prize for Fear of Subways
  • 1987 Fellow, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, Wyoming[11]

References
  1. Seaton, Maureen (2006-12-21). "Maureen Seaton". Maureen Seaton. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. "The Rumpus Interview with Maureen Seaton". The Rumpus.net. 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  3. "Maureen Seaton". Poetry Foundation. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. "Who's Coming Along: Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton, and Collaboration Today". TRIVIA: Voices of Feminism. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  5. aapone (2014-02-04). "Poetry and Collaboration: Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton". Poetry and Collaboration: Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  6. Burghauser, Sarah (2012-05-16). "'Sinéad O'Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds' By Neil De..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  7. "Multiple Selves, Painfully Split -". 3:AM Magazine. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  8. Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2010-02-18). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  9. "Publishing Triangle". www.publishingtriangle.org. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  10. Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (1997-07-15). "9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. "Ucross Foundation :: Literature". www.ucrossfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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