Biography:
Marilyn L. Taylor is an American poet with six published collections of poems. Taylor's poems have also appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, including The American Scholar, Able Muse, Measure, Smartish Pace, The Formalist, and Poetry magazine's 90th Anniversary Anthology. Her second full-length collection, Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004), was nominated for the Poets' Prize. She served as the city of Milwaukee's Poet Laureate in 2004 and 2005, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the state of Wisconsin for 2009 and 2010. She also served for five years as a contributing editor for The Writer Magazine. A retired Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, she taught poetry and poetics for the Department of English and later for the Honors College. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she presents readings and facilitates workshops throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
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Works by Marilyn L. Taylor:
Books
Marilyn L. Taylor is an American poet with six published collections of poems. Taylor's poems have also appeared in a number of anthologies and journals, including The American Scholar, Able Muse, Measure, Smartish Pace, The Formalist, and Poetry magazine's 90th Anniversary Anthology. Her second full-length collection, Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004), was nominated for the Poets' Prize. She served as the city of Milwaukee's Poet Laureate in 2004 and 2005, and was appointed Poet Laureate of the state of Wisconsin for 2009 and 2010. She also served for five years as a contributing editor for The Writer Magazine. A retired Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, she taught poetry and poetics for the Department of English and later for the Honors College. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she presents readings and facilitates workshops throughout Wisconsin and beyond.
(From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Taylor)
Works by Marilyn L. Taylor:
Books
- Going Wrong (Parallel Press,2009)
- Wisconsin Poets Laureate: Poems by Marilyn L. Taylor, Denise Sweet, Ellen Kort (Marsh River Editions, 2009)
- The Seven Very Liberal Arts (Aralia Press, 2006)
- Subject to Change (David Robert Books, 2004)
- Exit Only (Anamnesis Press, 2001)
- Marilyn L. Taylor: Greatest Hits, 1986–2000 (Puddinghouse Press,2001)
- Shadows Like These (Wm Caxton Ltd, 1994)
- Troika I: The Accident of Light (Thorntree Press, 1991)
- Villanelles. 2012: Random House.
- Women Poets Anthology. Kelli Russell Agodon & Annette Spaulding-Convy, Eds. An eBook.
- Hot Sonnets: an Anthology. 2011: Entasis Press.
- Love and Lust: an Anthology. 2011: Parallel Press.
- An Endless Skyway: Poetry from the State Poets Laureate. 2011: Ice Cube Press.
- Filled With Breath: 30 Sonnets by 30 Poets. 2010: EXOT Books, New York.
- The Able Muse Anthology. 2010: Able Muse Press, San Jose, CA.
- Poetry.us.com. 2010: Today's Poetry for Today's World. http://poetry.us.com/.
- Fearsome Fascinations Anthology. 2009: Outrider Press, Chicago.
- Open Poetry Sonnet Anthology—Hand Luggage Only. 2008: Open Poetry, Leicestershire, UK
- Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv. 2008: Red Hen Press, Pasadena,CA.
- A Walk in My Garden. 2007: Outrider Press, Chicago.
- Alhambra Press Poetry Calendar Anthology, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Alhambra Press, Brussels, Belgium.
- Famous Poems and Poets. 2007: FamousPoemsandPoets.com.
- On Retirement: 75 Poems. 2007: U of Iowa Press.
- Discovering Genre: Poetry. 2006: Prestwick House. (Recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award for Reading and Language Instruction from the Assn. of Educational Publishers)
- Thirty American Women Poets of the 20th Century: a Dual-Language Anthology. Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett, Munich, 2006.
- Rhymes for Adults. 2006: Virginia Reals Press.
- The Poem Tree: an Anthology of Formal Verse. 2004: www.poemtree.com.
- Emily Dickinson Awards Anthology. 2005: Universities West Press.
- Body Language: a Head-to-Toe Anthology. 2003: Black Moss Press.
- When I Was a Child. 2003: PoetWorks Press.
- The POETRY Anthology, 1912-2002. 2002: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher.
- Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage. 2003: Poetworks/Grayson Books.
- Smaller Than God: Words of Spiritual Longing. 2001: Black Moss Press.
- The Cancer Poetry Project: Poems by Cancer Patients and the People Who Love Them. 2001: Fairview Press.