Michelle Hartman (poet)

Michelle Hartman is an American author and poet. Born in Fort Worth in 1956, she attended Texas Wesleyan College (now University) in the early 1970s. Her major was Political Science until she dropped out of school. She finished her bachelor's degree in 2007, with a major in Political Science Pre-Law, and worked as a paralegal. She began writing poetry of political and social satire using fairy tales as a vehicle. Her first book, Disenchanted and Disgruntled, was published by Lamar University Literary Press in 2013.[1]

Her work has been featured in The Galway Review[2] and The Langdon Review of the Arts[3] in Texas published by Tarleton State University. Her work has also appeared in journals in Australia, Ireland, Canada, Germany and Nepal.

Hartman is the former editor (2010-2018) of the international journal Red River Review.[4] She has read at Southwest literary festivals such as Scissortail Literary Festival[5] in Oklahoma, Langdon Review Weekend and the ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton, among others.

Bibliography

  • Disenchanted and Disgruntled, Lamar University Press, 2013[4]
  • Irony and Irreverence, Lamar University Press, 2015[5]
  • The Lost Journal of My Second Trip to Purgatory, Old Seventy Creek Press, 2016[6]
  • There Are No Doors, El Grito del Lobo Press, (Chapbook) 2017[7]
  • Wanton Disarray, Old Seventy Creek Press, 2018[8]

Honors and awards

  • Named Distinguished Alumni by Tarrant County College
  • Two Pushcart Nominations (Canada and US)
  • Juried Poet - Houston Poetry Fest Competition
  • Phi Theta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society of the Social Sciences
  • Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society
  • 2004 – Dannon “Strike Out Hunger” Award

References

  1. ↑ "Poets play with myth and legend". McAllen Monitor. McAllen, Texas. October 31, 2013. p. 44.
  2. ↑ "Michelle Hartman – Four Poems". The Galway Review. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  3. ↑ "About Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas Journal - Tarleton State University". Tarleton.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Disenchanted and Disgruntled: Michelle Hartman: 9780985255251: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  5. ↑ "Irony and Irreverence: Michelle Hartman: 9781942956020: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  6. ↑ Hartman, Michelle (2016-12-15). The Lost Journal of My Second Trip to Purgatory (First Old Seventy Creek Press Poetry ed.). Old Seventy Creek Press. ISBN 9780998237404.
  7. ↑ "Printing poetry, the old-fashioned way". Fulton Sun. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  8. ↑ Hartman, Michelle (2018). Wanton Disarray. Old Seventy Creek Press. ISBN 9780998237466.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.