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529:(2013), Finch writes, "Compiling this book has led me to appreciate how much I was inspired as a poet by coming of age during the feminist movement of the 1970s. Reading it has helped me understand the ways I struggled over the years to throw off the burden of misogyny on my spiritual, psychological, intellectual, political, and poetic identities. My themes are often female-centered . . . I am proud to define myself as a woman poet."
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867:'s "Introduction to Poetry" and developed an original course, "Women, Language, and Literature." She has taught on the creative writing and literature faculties of universities including New College of California, University of Northern Iowa, Miami University (Ohio), and the University of Southern Maine, where she served as Director of the
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in a bookstore and "recognized in her a soul-mother, someone else for whom poetry was performative, sacred, curative, indispensable, physical." She immediately applied to the
University of Houston, where Shange was teaching, and earned her M.A. in creative writing there in 1985 with a thesis in Verse
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was one of the first critics to articulate the intersection of formal poetics and spirituality in Finch's work, writing, "Annie Finch is a traditionalist. Not in the way the word is commonly used . . . but in a strange experimental way. An oracle, an ecstatic maenad: that is the kind of traditional
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is that rhyme-and-meter isn't just a formerly fashionable sort of bondage, but a bioacoustic key to memory and emotion." Cindy
Williams Gutierrez made a similar point in a review of a later book: “Finch is more shaman than formalist. She is keenly aware of the shape and sound of her poems. Whether
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from 2004 to 2012. She has facilitated poetry workshops at conferences and literary centers including
Wesleyan Writers Conference, Poetry by the Sea, West Chester Poetry Conference, Ruskin Arts Center, and Poets House; and online at Yale Alumni Workshops, 24 Pearl St. and the London Poetry School.
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in 2012. Both plays were collaborative productions incorporating music, dance, puppets, and masks. Finch has also written and performed several works in a genre she calls "poetry ritual theater," combining multimedia poetry performance with interactive audience ritual; these including "Five
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Composers who have set Finch's poems to music include
Stefania de Kennessey, Matthew Harris, and Dale Trumbore. Trumbore's settings of the poems have won the Yale Glee Club Emerging Composers Award, the Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest, and other awards. Finch was invited by composer
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named her "one of the central figures in contemporary
American poetry" for her role in the reclamation of poetic form. But reviewers soon noticed key differences between Finch's poetry and that of other new formalist poets.
292:. Finch began writing poetry as a child. She was educated in public schools, then for two years at Oakwood Friends School and one year at Simon's Rock Early College, where she studied filmmaking and art history. At
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Directions," premiered at Mayo Street Arts, Portland, Maine, in 2012, directed by
Alzenira Quezada, and "Winter Solstice Dreams," premiered at Deepak Homebase, New York, in 2018, directed by Vera Beren.
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Finch's dedication to writing in meter and her role as a scholar, editor, and critic of poetic form led some reviewers of her first books to classify her poetry within the movement known as
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movement, Finch became one of the first victims of sexual assault in the literary world to name writers, editors, and teachers who had sexually assaulted her during her career.
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in a chant, sonnet, ghazal, or even Billy
Collins’ contrived paradelle, her skill is effortless: Form is merely the skin that allows her poems to breathe with ease.”
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was the only nineteenth-century woman poet receiving critical attention, Finch's 1987 article "The
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Annie Ridley Crane Finch was born in New
Rochelle, New York, on October 31, 1956. Her mother was poet and doll artist Margaret Rockwell Finch and her father,
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that she considers her poems and verse plays to be "spells" whose rhythm and form invite readers "to experience words not just in the mind but in the body."
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in her willingness to completely shatter our expectations as readers." The experimental aspect of Finch's work became more evident with the publication of
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Showalter, Elaine. "Feminist
Poetics." In Alex Preminger et al., eds. Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (Princeton U. Press, 1993) p. 406
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and shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Book of the Year award, is structured around a series of poems written for performance to celebrate the
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in 1979. After traveling in Africa with painter Alix Bacon, in the early eighties she settled in New York's East Village, where she worked at
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explores further topics in feminist poetics and poetic form including translation, "Metrical Diversity," and readings of poets including
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2006 Honorable Mention for a translation in the field of women's studies by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women, for
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1013:. Story Line Press. 1997. . Reissued by Carnegie Mellon University Press, Classic Contemporaries Poetry Series, 2010.
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which includes 35 of the poems composed in the 1980s that she refers to as the "lost poems." In the preface to
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Thank You, Teacher: Grateful Students Tell the Stories of the Teachers Who Changed Their Lives
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Thank You, Teacher: Grateful Students Tell the Stories of the Teachers Who Changed Their Lives
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and reached its fundraising goal in the first week. Choice Words was published in April 2020.
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Drama directed by Shange. Finch earned a Ph.D in English and American Literature from
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and pursuing a self-designed concentration in Versification under the supervision of
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
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A Poet's Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry.
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets on the Diversity of Their Art
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A Poet's Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Shaping Your Poems
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Finch, Annie. "The Naming." "Poetry Witch Blog," Annie Finch's website
288:. Her great-aunt was the socialist organizer, politician, and writer
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1229:. With Johanna Keller and Candace McClelland. CavanKerry Press, 2000.
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1928:"The Sentimental Poetess in the World: Metaphor and Subjectivity in
1193:. With Marie-Elizabeth Mali. Random House: Everymans Library, 2012.
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The Complete Poetry and Prose of Louise Labé: A Bilingual Edition
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2005 Alumni Award, University of Houston Creative Writing Program
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The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse
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The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
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The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self,
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The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse
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The Body of Poetry: Essays on Women, Form, and the Poetic Self
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After New Formalism: Poets on Form, Narrative, and Tradition
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A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women
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A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women
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A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women
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1947:"Lydia Sigourney | University of Massachusetts Press"
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Finch, Annie Finch, "Stepping on the Edge of My Doubting,"
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Finch, Annie Finch, "Stepping on the Edge of My Doubting,"
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Finch's poems are collected in anthologies including the
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Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams
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Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams
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Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams
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1989 Graduate Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center
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Lydia Sigourney: Critical Essays and Cultural Views
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552:(2005) includes writings on women poets including
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417:Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
345:(Story Line Press, 1997), was a finalist for the
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1912:Palmer, G.M. "Why We Read: Spells by Annie Finch
1227:Carolyn Kizer: Perspectives on Her Life and Work
1644:Finch, Annie. "An Interview with Annie Finch."
1272:Wittgenstein: The Element Masters of Philosophy
1260:https://www.niada.org/portfolio/margaret-finch/
602:campaign to raise funds for the publication of
439:on topics of personal and cultural importance.
1331:Small Press Distribution Catalog. "Calendars,"
1050:. Dusie Kollektiv/Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009.
513:Finch's literary archive was purchased by the
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431:(accompanying the commemorative sculpture by
2019:Eileen Myles reminiscences about Annie Finch
1673:"Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? (FAQ)"
1197:Multiformalisms: Postmodern Poetics of Form
1174:. Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1999.
1054:Annie Finch's Greatest Hits: Poems 1975-2005
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2001:Academy of American Poets Annie Finch page
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2026:Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poetry
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1080:. Caribou Press, 1982 (self-published).
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1044:. Voices From the American Land, 2013.
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1390:The Dictionary of Literary Biography
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825:Norton Anthology of World Literature
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405:Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day
2086:Writers from New Rochelle, New York
1936:Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 1988), pp. 3-18
1873:(University of Michigan Press, 1993
1589:"Choice Words: Writers on Abortion"
1388:Barron, Jonathan N. "Annie Finch."
1365:"Occasioning Poetry by Annie Finch"
1363:Foundation, Poetry (Oct 25, 2019).
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1610:Kirch, Claire (2019-05-24).
1342:The Encyclopedia of Scotland
1215:University of Arkansas Press
1135:University of Michigan Press
1125:University of Michigan Press
1017:The Encyclopedia of Scotland
785:University of Michigan Press
642:The Encyclopedia of Scotland
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379:The Encyclopedia of Scotland
351:Yale Series of Younger Poets
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2081:Poets from New York (state)
1985:"Poetry Witchery Community"
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409:Penguin Book of The Sonnet
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306:Natural History Magazine
276:Early life and education
247:earth-based spirituality
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1292:Finch, Annie. "Desks."
1068:. Calliope Press, 2002.
671:American Opera Projects
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510:poet Annie Finch is."
2091:Yale University alumni
2011:Readers' Companion to
2006:Annie Finch's Homepage
1897:An Exaltation of Forms
1614:. Publishersweekly.com
1431:, 2008, Vol. 24, No. 2
1249:, Ablemuse Press, 2017
1097:, 2006. (Translation).
1072:Catching the Mermother
1056:. Pudding House, 2006.
869:Stonecoast MFA Program
863:, where she TA'ed for
617:Claire Keyes notes in
363:National Poetry Series
347:National Poetry Series
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59:New Rochelle, New York
1895:Brock, J. "Review of
1274:, Element Books, 1995
1203:. Textos Books, 2008.
1074:. Aralia Press, 1996.
1042:The Voice Was the Sea
886:University of Toronto
673:in 2003, directed by
548:Her essay collection
290:Jessie Wallace Hughan
282:Henry Leroy Finch Jr.
124:University of Houston
2116:American women poets
2111:American translators
1270:Finch, Henry Leroy,
425:September 11 attacks
271:Among the Goddesses.
249:. Her books include
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907:Among the Goddesses
861:Stanford University
630:The Huffington Post
480:experimental poetry
369:. Her third book,
319:Stanford University
286:Ludwig Wittgenstein
176:Among the Goddesses
128:Stanford University
2071:American essayists
1972:The Body of Poetry
1932:'s Nature Poetry,
1916:The Critical Flame
1884:The Body of Poetry
1871:The Ghost of Meter
1850:The New York Times
1798:Hal Leonard Online
1294:The Body of Poetry
890:Harvard University
878:Indiana University
723:The Body of Poetry
689:Finch's 1993 book
538:The Ghost of Meter
525:In the preface to
443:Critical reception
321:in 1990, studying
162:Speculative poetry
94:performance artist
2131:Women librettists
1480:www.webdelsol.com
1442:"Silliman's Blog"
1369:Poetry Foundation
900:Honors and awards
819:was published by
793:Reginald Shepherd
507:Patricia Monaghan
437:occasional poetry
433:Meredith Bergmann
367:Wheel of the Year
331:Diane Middlebrook
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