Lesley Wheeler
Lesley Wheeler is an American poet and literary scholar. She is the Henry S. Fox Professor of English at Washington and Lee University.
Education and career
Wheeler was born in Baldwin, New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She is currently the Henry S. Fox Professor of English at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
In 2015, Wheeler joined the board of trustees of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs as the Mid Atlantic Regional Council Chair.[1]
Works
Wheeler has published four books of poetry: Radioland (Barrow Street 2015),[2] The Receptionist and Other Tales (Aqueduct 2012),[3] Heterotopia (Barrow Street 2010),[4] and Heathen (C&R 2009).[5]
She has published two books of literary scholarship: Voicing American Poetry: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present (Cornell UP 2008)[6] and The Poetics of Enclosure: American Women Poets from Dickinson to Dove (U of Tennessee P 2002)[7] She also co-edited the collection Letters to the World: Poems from Members of the Women's Poetry Listserv (Red Hen 2008).[8]
Her works have been reviewed in Poets’ Quarterly,[9] Salamander,[10] Takahē,[11] Strange Horizons,[12] Poet Lore, Rattle,[13] Kestrel,[14] New Pages, Verse Wisconsin,[15] Yanaguana Literary Review,[16] Blackbird,[17] Mid-American Review, Calyx, Junctures, Prairie Schooner,[18] and other venues.
Honors
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship (2013)[19]
- Tiptree Award Honor List (2013)[20]
- Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (2012)[21]
- Fulbright Senior Scholar, New Zealand (2011)[22]
- Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize (2010)[4]
- Library of Virginia Award finalist (2010)[23]
- Virginia Commission for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry (2007)[24]
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2005)[25]
Selected bibliography
Poetry
- Radioland (Barrow Street 2015) ISBN 9780989329682
- The Receptionist and Other Tales (Aqueduct 2012) ISBN 9781619760127
- Heterotopia (Barrow Street 2010) ISBN 9780981987620
- Heathen (C&R 2009) ISBN 9780981501093
Academic works
- Voicing American Poetry: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present. (Cornell University Press, 2008) ISBN 9780801446689
- The poetics of enclosure: American women poets from Dickinson to Dove. (University of Tennessee Press, 2002) ISBN 9781572331976
References
- ↑ "AWP: Directory of Members". Awpwriter.org. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "House Guest with Lesley Wheeler: every literary world is imaginary – Ecotone + Lookout Blog". Ecotonelookout.org. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Conversation Pieces". Aqueductpress.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- 1 2 "HETEROTOPIA, LESLEY WHEELER | Barrow Street Inc". Barrowstreet.org. 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "C&R Press". Crpress.org. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Voicing American Poetry, Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present". Cornellpress.cornell.edu. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Lesley Wheeler. "The Poetics of Enclosure: American Women Poets from Dickinson to Dove". Books.google.com. p. 153. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Letters To The World: Poems From The Wom-Po". PEN South Africa. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Nielsen, Leslie L. (2015-11-18). "Poets' Quarterly: Review: Radioland by Lesley Wheeler". Poetsquarterly.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Salamander Magazine | a magazine for poetry, fiction, & memoirs". Salamandermag.org. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Joanna Preston (2015-12-07). "Lesley Wheeler – Radioland – takahē magazine". Takahe.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Strange Horizons Reviews: 2015 in Review, reviewed by Our Reviewers". Strangehorizons.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15). "HETEROTOPIA by Lesley Wheeler | Rattle: Poetry". Rattle. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑
- ↑ "Verse Wisconsin 105| Review of Lesley Wheeler". Versewisconsin.org. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Review of Leslie Wheeler's Heterotopia". Library.stmarytx.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Review of Heathen by Lesley Wheeler, Grant White". Blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑
- ↑ "VCCA Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Vcca.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Notkin, Debbie (2014-10-31). "2012 James Tiptree, Jr. Award « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award". Tiptree.org. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Outstanding Faculty Awards - Lesley Wheeler". Schev.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Fulbright New Zealand 2011" (PDF). Fulbright.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Finalists and Winners of the Library of Virginia Annual Literary Awards". Lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "W&L Professor Awarded Artist's Fellowship in Poetry from Virginia Commission for the Arts :: Washington and Lee University". Wlu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "National Endowmnet for the Humanities : 2005 Annual Report" (PDF). Neh.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-22.