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Paulette Roeske

Mailing Address:
1200 Harvard Terrace
Evanston, IL  60202

County: Cook

E-mail: pauletteroeske@usi.edu

Phone:
work: 847-475-5228

Genre: Poetry / Fiction / Creative Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

  • Glimmer Train, The Journal, The Georgia Review, The Threepenny Review, Poetry, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Chicago Review, Poetry East, Poetry Northwest, Other Voices, The Chariton Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, JAMA:Journal of the American Medical Association, Alaska Quarterly Review, Rhino, Willow Springs, Hawaii Review, Kansas Quarterly, Indiana Review, Crab Orchard Review, Another Chicago Magazine and many others

Anthologies:

  • Masterplots II: Poetry, Essay on Elizabeth Bishop's "Filling Station" 2001
  • Essential Love, Ed. Ginny Lowe Connors
  • Knowing Stones: Poems of Exotic Places, ed. Maureen Tolman Flannery
  • The Yellow Shoe Poets: Louisiana State University Press Poets, Ed. George Garrett
  • Crossing Boundaries: An International Anthology of Women's Experience in Sport, Eds.Susan J. Bandy and Anne S. Darden
  • The Great Ideas Today: Encyclopedia Britannica "In the Absense of Heroines: A Response to Gerda Lerner's Why History Matters" and "Unmasked: Responding to the Photographs of Diane Arbus"
  • Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage, Ed. Ginny Lowe Connors
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors, 4th ed., Ed. Tracy Irons George (On Lisel Meuller)
  • Where We Live: Illinois Poets, Ed. Kathleen Kirk
  • Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry from Illinois, Eds. G.E. Murray and Kelvin Stein

Book Publications:

  • Bridge of Sighs: A Novella and Stories, Storyline Press, 2002
  • Anvil, Clock & Last, Louisiana State UP, 2001
  • Anthology of Twentieth Century Illinois Poetry, U. of Illinois Press, 2001
  • Divine Attention, Louisiana State U. Press, 1995
  • The Body Can Ascend No Higher, Illinois Writers, Inc., 1992
  • Breathing Under Water, Stormline Press, 1988
  • Climate Controlled, Ed. Ander Monson

Forthcoming Publications:

  • Vespers: Religion & Spirituality in Twenty-First Century America, Eds. Virgil Suarez, Ryan G. Van Cleave
  • Harmony: Women Reflect on Nature, Eds. Jan Matthew, Kathy Mayer
  • In the Middle of the Middle West: An Anthology of Creative Non-Fiction, Ed. Becky Bradway
  • Crude: Poems at the End of the Age of Oil, Ed. Jennifer Bosveld
  • An Interview with Stephen Dobyns, Southern Indiana Review
  • The Threepeeny Review
  • The Connecticut Review

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

  • Visiting Poet, Harlaxton College, (Grantham, England)
  • Three Oaks Prize in Fiction from Storyline Press (2001)
  • Visiting Poet, Christ Church College (Canterbury, England)
  • 1996 Carl Sandburg Book Award for Poetry
  • Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist's Fellowship in Poetry
  • Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards (three times)
  • Chester H. Jones National Poetry Competition First Place Award
  • Fellowships from Fulbright and The Japan Foundation

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

  • Glenview Public Library, March 7, 2004 (forthcoming)
  • Illinois State University, Ball State University, University of Louisville, University of Evansville (2002)
  • University of New Orleans, Women and Children First, Harlaxton College (Grantham, England), College of Lake County, Warren Newport Library, University of Southern Indiana (2001), University of Chicago

Recent Workshops:

  • Poet-in-Residence, Evanston Public Library, May 1-2, 2004 (forthcoming)
  • The Writers, Books on Vernon, March 31 and April 7, 2004 (forthcoming)
  • Off Campus Writers' Workshop (2001), Ropewalk Writers' Conference, Barrington Area Arts Council, Poetry Forum (Normal) (2002)
  • Advanced workshops in poetry, fiction, and memoir: College of Lake County
  • "Only One Word Will Do" (workshop emphasizing close reading), The Poetry Center of Chicago (Winnetka, IL, Summer 1997) & Great Expectations Bookstore (Evanston, IL, August 1998)

Present Employment:

  • Professor of English University of Southern Indiana
  • Founding Editor and Poetry Editor, Willow Review

Preferred Audience:

  • high school, college/university,adults

Willing to travel:

  • yes, anywhere
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