| Pattie McCarthy | |
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| Born | 1971 Baltimore, MD |
| Education | Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Known for | Poetry |
| Awards | 2011 Pew Fellow in the Arts |
Pattie McCarthy (born 1971) is an American poet and educator.
Biography
McCarthy completed undergraduate work at Towson University and received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1998.
McCarthy's poetry has been noted for its use of medieval subjects, references, and imagery, in addition to "re-visioning historical texts and re-voicing what has suffered omission from sanctioned history." More recent work has focused on tensions between public and private selves and day-to-day domesticities. When interviewed, McCarthy has listed Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Cole Swensen, and Anne Waldman as influential to her own work and style.
| External videos | |
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 “Pew Fellows from Home: Patty McCarthey”, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage |
McCarthy teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University. She has also taught at Loyola University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Towson University.
McCarthy lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband, poet Kevin Varrone, and three children.
Awards and honors
McCarthy was a Pew Fellow in the Arts in 2011. In 2013, she was an artist resident at the Elizabeth Bishop House in Nova Scotia.
Works
Books of poetry
- bk of (h)rs (Apogee Press, 2002) ISBN 9780966993776 OCLC 49612046
- Verso (Apogee Press, 2004) ISBN 9780974468747 OCLC 56663600
- Table Alphabetical of Hard Words (Apogee Press, 2010) ISBN 9780978766764 OCLC 759790659
- Marybones (Apogee Press, 2012) ISBN 9780985100735 OCLC 826737840
- Nulls (Horse Less Press, 2014) ISBN 9780982989678 OCLC 876350593
- Quiet Book (Apogee Press, 2016) ISBN 9780985100766 OCLC 953678346
- Wifthing (Apogee Press, 2021) ISBN 9781733137522 OCLC 1230218946
Chapbooks
- Octaves (ixnay press, 1998) OCLC 41899445
- Choragus (Potes & Poets Press, 1998) ISBN 9780937013847 OCLC 41162890
- alibi (that is : elsewhere) (Duration Press, 2003)
- L&O (Little Red Leaves Press, 2011)
- Domestic Cryptography Survey II (Dusie Kollektiv, 2013)
- scenes from the lives of my parents (Bloof Books, 2013) OCLC 881183162
- wifthing (WinteRed Press, 2014)
- Nova Scotia (Dusie Kollektiv, 2014)
- fifteen genre scenes (eth press, 2014)
- worrywort (Little Red Leaves Press, 2014) OCLC 925832043
- x y z && (Ahsahta Press, 2015)
- margerykempething (eth press, 2017)
- qweyne wifthing (eth press, 2017)
References
Library resources aboutPattie McCarthy
By Pattie McCarthy
- Mclennan, Rob (2007-09-24). "12 or 20 questions: with Pattie McCarthy". 12 or 20 questions. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "Pattie McCarthy: 2011 Pew Fellow". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ Mclennan, Rob (2014-07-02). "TtD supplement #3: eight questions for Pattie McCarthy". Touch the Donkey: A Small Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- Morrison, Rusty (2003-12-01). "Poetry Microreviews: December 2003/January 2004". Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum. ISSN 0734-2306.
- "Christy Davids with Pattie McCarthy". The Conversant. December 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- "poet: Pattie McCarthy". poets.org. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- "Poetry: Pattie McCarthy - from Marybones". OmniVerse.
- Staff, Harriet. "Pew Fellowships in the Arts go to CAConrad and Pattie McCarthy". Poetry Foundation.
- Hartig, Jean (November–December 2011). "Pew Center for Arts & Heritage: Pew Fellowships in the Arts". Poets & Writers Magazine.