Amy Dryansky
Amy Dryansky is an American poet. She is author of "Grass Whistle" (Salmon Poetry, 2013) and How I Got Lost So Close to Home (Alice James Books, 1999). She has had her poems published in literary journals and magazines including Orion Magazine, DoubleTake Magazine,[1] The New England Review, The Massachusetts Review, Nerve, and in several anthologies: "Lit From Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books," Anne-Marie Macari & Carey Salerno, eds., Alice James Books, 2013; "Myrrh, Mothwing, Smoke: Erotic Poems," Marie Gauthier & Jeffrey Levine, eds., Tupelo Press, 2012; "Morning Song: Poems for New Parents" (Susan Todd & Carol Purington, eds., St. Martin’s Press, 2011); "Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology" (Jessie Lendennie, ed., Salmon Poetry, 2011); "Sweeping Beauty: Contemporary Women Poets Do Housework" (Pamela Gemin, ed., University of Iowa Press, 2005); "Are You Experienced: Baby Boom Poets at Midlife" (Pamela Gemin, ed., University of Iowa Press, 2003); "Crossing Paths: An Anthology of Poems by Women" (Mad River Press, Barry Sternlieb, ed., 2002).
Dryansky grew up in Syracuse, New York,received her B.F.A. from Syracuse University and her M.F.A. from Vermont College.[2] She lives in Conway, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.[3]
Honors and awards
Dryansky won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2014 for poetry for her book, Grass Whistle. Her honors include a Poetry Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as the MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, Villa Montalvo, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and the Five College Women's Studies Research Center at Mt. Holyoke College.[4]* 1999 Greenwall Fund Grant[5]
- 1998 New England/New York Award[6]
References
- ↑ Book Gadget > DoubleTake Magazine #17, Summer 1999 (Vol. 5, No. 3) > Poetry
- ↑ Five College Women's Studies Research Center > Alumnae/i Associates
- ↑ Alice James Books > Author Page > Amy Dryansky
- ↑ Alice James Books > Author Page > Amy Dryansky
- ↑ Academy of American Poets > The Greenwall Fund > Grant recipients > 1999
- ↑ Alice James Books > Past Award Winners > New England/New York Awards
External links
- Salmon Poetry
- Alice James Books > Author Page > Amy Dryansky
- Poem: Orion Magazine > March/April 2008 Issue > Because We’ve Landed on the Moon but Nobody Wants to Live There by Amy Dryansky
- Poems: Alice James Books > Author Page > Amy Dryansky > Two Poems
- Review: Kingdom Books Blogspot > June 23, 2007 > Real, Realer, Realest: Amy Dryansky: How I Got Lost So Close to Home > Reviewed by Beth Kanell
