Molly S. McGlennen is an American poet and scholar of Anishinaabe and European descent.[1] She is a professor of English and Native American studies at Vassar College.[2] She is currently the vice president of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures.[3] Her book Creative Alliances: The Transnational Designs of Indigenous Women’s Poetry[4] was winner of the Beatrice Medicine Award for Outstanding Scholarship in American Indian Studies.[5]

Molly S. McGlennen
BornMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • scholar
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (PhD)
Mills College (MFA)

McGlennen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[6] She holds a PhD in Native American studies from UC Davis and an MFA in creative writing from Mills College.[7]

Published works

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Books

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  • Creative Alliances: The Transnational Designs of Indigenous Women’s Poetry (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014).
  • Fried Fish and Flour Biscuits (Salt Publishing, 2010).

Work in anthologies

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  • Our Lives Are Made of Recipes in Native Voices: Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversation, Eds. Dean Rader and C. Marie Fuhrman, Tupelo Press, 2019[8]
  • Snake River IV in Ghost Fishing: An Anthology of Eco-Justice Poetry, Ed. Melissa Tucky, University of Georgia Press, 2017[9]
  • Composition in Tending the Fire, Ed. Chris Felver, University of New Mexico Press, 2017[10]
  • Snake River III and “Snake River IV,” Red Ink, Spring 2015
  • Bonfire I “Bonfire III,” and “Bonfire IV,” Yellow Medicine Review, Spring 2014
  • Snake River V As/Us: A Space for Women of the World, Issue 3, 2014
  • Snake River II and “Bonfire II,” Yellow Medicine Review, Spring 2012
  • Snake River I Natural Bridge Literary Journal, No. 26, Fall 2011
  • Interwoven Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (Sun Tracks): University of Arizona Press, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Editor), Nov. 2011[11]
  • Three Poems for Ellia Sentence, Jan. 2010

References

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  1. ^ Salt. "Author: Molly McGlennen". Salt. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. ^ "Molly S. McGlennen - Faculty - Vassar College". www.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. ^ "Officers | Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures". Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. ^ McGlennen, Molly (2014). Creative alliances : the transnational designs of indigenous women's poetry. Norman. ISBN 978-0-8061-4482-5. OCLC 868510114.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "Awards". The Native American Literature Symposium. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  6. ^ "An Interview with Molly McGlennen—by Kimberly L. Becker—Eclectica Magazine v15n3". www.eclectica.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  7. ^ "Molly McGlennen". UAPress. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  8. ^ Native voices : indigenous American poetry, craft and conversations. Fuhrman, CMarie,, Rader, Dean,, Ortiz, Simon J., 1941-, Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-, Tapahonso, Luci, 1953-, Harjo, Joy (First paperback ed.). North Adams, Massachusetts. 2018-12-13. ISBN 978-1-946482-18-1. OCLC 1088922502.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Ghost fishing : an eco-justice poetry anthology. Tuckey, Melissa,, Dungy, Camille T., 1972-. Athens, Georgia. April 2018. ISBN 978-0-8203-5315-9. OCLC 1004957170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ Felver, Christopher, 1946- (2017). Tending the fire : Native voices & portraits. Ortiz, Simon J., 1941-, Hogan, Linda. Albuquerque. ISBN 978-0-8263-5645-1. OCLC 951557160.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Sing : poetry from the indigenous Americas. Hedge Coke, Allison Adelle. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8165-2891-2. OCLC 713192631.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)