She also has published dozens of poems, essays and articles, many of which have been anthologized. Pratt is the author of more than a dozen award-winning or critically acclaimed books, including “The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003) and “Crime Against Nature” (Firebrand Books, 1990).

Known for her groundbreaking work in women’s studies, Pratt retired earlier this year from Syracuse, where she helped establish the LGBT Studies Program, and held faculty positions in the Writing Program and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Condition: Used - Good ISBN 10: 1563410591 ISBN 13: 9781563410598 Seller. For example, her father’s garden, immense row of corn, cantaloupe, and melon squiggling, us squatting late afternoons, cool in the four o’clock. In turn, Martha’s precise and meditative language has addressed some of the most pressing social issues of our day, such as racism, immigration and eugenics.” WW managing editors: John Catalinotto, Martha Grevatt, Deirdre Griswold, Monica Moorehead, Betsey Piette and Minnie Bruce Pratt. By using nature imagery through the poem, Pratt is using the imagery as simply details of the physical scene but also using the physical scenes as examples of things that are happening her life. “Minnie Bruce’s poetry shows us how theoretical and creative insights are most powerful when they are embedded within, and speak to, lived realities of everyday life. “This is a special opportunity for the campus community,” says Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and associate professor of women’s and gender studies. The reading is co-sponsored by the DWC and the Humanities Center, the latter of which is based in the College of Arts and Sciences. For more information, call the Syracuse University Humanities Center or visit. at the DWC (340 Montgomery St., Syracuse). Also part of the Visiting Author Reading Series of the YMCA Arts Branch’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC), the event is Thursday, Nov.

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