Emily Rosko
Emily Rosko[1] (born 1979) is an American poet.[2] She is the author of two award-winning poetry collections: Prop Rockery, (University of Akron Press, 2012) and Raw Goods Inventory (University of Iowa Press, 2006).
Career
Rosko received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Purdue University where she studied with Marianne Boruch and Donald Platt. She earned her M.F.A at Cornell University under the mentorship of Alice Fulton, Ken McClane, Phyllis Janowitz, and Deborah Tall. She went on to complete a Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing working with Scott Cairns, Lynne McMahon, and Sherod Santos at the University of Missouri.
She taught previously as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University, and she is now Associate Professor at the College of Charleston (Charleston, SC).
Her first book Raw Goods Inventory won the 2005 Iowa Poetry Prize and her second book Prop Rockery was chosen by Natasha Saje for the 2011 Akron Poetry Prize.
Her poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, The Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, New Orleans Review, and West Branch.
Rosko is the poetry editor for Crazyhorse.
Awards and fellowships
National prizes
- Akron Poetry Prize for a book-length collection, University of Akron Press, 2011.
- Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, Shenandoah, Washington and Lee University, 2007.
- Iowa Poetry Prize for a book-length collection, The University of Iowa Press, 2005.
- Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, 2004, 2006, 2011, and 2013.
- AWP Intro Journals Project Award, 2002.
Fellowships
- Wallace Stegner Writing Fellowship in Poetry, Stanford University, 2003-05.
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship, Poetry, 2002.
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 2001-03.
Bibliography
Books
Edited collections
Essays
- "The Activated Voice." The Working Poet II: Fifty Writing Exercises and a Poetry Anthology. Ed. Scott Minar. DuBoos, PA: Mammoth Books (2014). 109-16. Print.
- "Recovery Project: On Visiting Rites by Phyllis Janowitz." Octopus Magazine 16. n. pg. Web. 1 Jan. 2014.
- "Mapping the Line." A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line. Emily Rosko and Anton Vander Zee, eds. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press (2011). 24-33.
- "The Complaint." Poets on Teaching. Joshua Marie Wilkinson, ed. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press (Fall 2010). 135-37.
References
- ↑ "Poetry Foundation".
- ↑ "Academy of American Poets".
- ↑ Rosko, Emily (2012). Prop Rockery. Akron University Press. ISBN 978-1-937378-15-8.
- ↑ Rosko, Emily (2006). Raw Goods Inventory. Iowa University Press. ISBN 9780877459804.
- ↑ Rosko, Emily; Vander Zee, Anton, eds. (2011). A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line. Iowa University Press. ISBN 9781609380540.
Interviews
- Interviewed by J. P. Dancing Bear"Interview with Emily Rosko". "Out of Our Minds." Cupertino, CA. 27 June 2012. Radio and Podcast.
- The Volta: Medium,"Video Reading with Emily Rosko". Issue #26. 22 June 2012. Video.
- Charleston City Paper.Curran, Erica Jackson. "Emily Rosko draws poetic inspiration from the Bard". 22 Feb. 2012. Article.
- Interviewed by J. Robert Lennon. Writers at Cornell Series. Ithaca, NY. 5 Apr. 2007. Podcast.
- Vox Magazine. Special Feature: "30 Under 30." Columbia, MO. 2007. Video and article.
- Interviewed by Stacey Balkun. The California Journal of Women Writers. 16 Apr. 2014. Web.