Honor Moore is an American writer of

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meani ...

creative nonfiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contr ...

and plays.

Biography

She is the daughter of Jenny Moore and of

Bishop Paul Moore Paul Moore Jr. (November 15, 1919 – May 1, 2003) was a bishop of the Episcopal Church and former United States Marine Corps officer. He served as the 13th Bishop of New York from 1972 to 1989. During his lifetime, he was perhaps the best know ...

. She is the author of three collections of poems: ''Red Shoes'', ''Darling'', and ''Memoir''; two works of nonfiction, ''The White Blackbird'' and ''The Bishop's Daughter''; and the play ''Mourning Pictures'', which was produced on Broadway and published in ''The New Women’s Theatre: Ten Plays by Contemporary American Women'', which she edited. Moore has received awards in poetry and playwriting from the

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

, The

New York State Council for the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996) ...

and the Connecticut Commission for the Arts and in 2004 was awarded a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the art ...

. In 2012, Moore served as the prestigious Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 co ...

's Nonfiction Writing Program. She is the editor of ''Amy Lowell: Selected Poems for the Library of America'' and co-editor of ''The Stray Dog Cabaret, A Book of Russian Poems'', translated by Paul Schmidt. She teaches in the graduate writing programs at

The New School The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

and

Columbia University School of the Arts The Columbia University School of the Arts, (also known as School of the Arts or SoA) is the fine arts graduate school of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, New York. It offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, T ...

. From 2005 to 2007, she was an off-Broadway theatre critic for ''The New York Times''. She is on the editorial board of the literary magazine '' The Common'', based at

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educati ...

, and published work in the debut issue. Our Revolution by Honor Moore

''The Bishop's Daughter'', a memoir of her relationship with her father,

, was named an Editor's Choice by ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'', a Favorite Book of 2008 by the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...

'', and chosen by the

National Book Critics Circle The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an American nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) with more than 700 members. It is the professional association of American book review editors and critics, known primarily for the National Book Critics C ...

as part of their "Good Reads" recommended reading list as well as a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography and

Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonf ...

. In April 2009, the Library of America will published ''Poems from the Women's Movement'', an anthology edited by Honor Moore. A re-issue of ''The White Blackbird'' has been published, alongside the paperback release of ''The Bishop's Daughter''. Her most recent book,
Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury
'' was released March 2020.

Bibliography

* ''Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury" (2019) * ''The Bishop's Daughter: A Memoir'' (2008) * ''Red Shoes - Poems'' (2005) * ''Darling'' (2001) * ''The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter

Margarett Sargent Margarett Williams Sargent (August 31, 1892 – 1978) was a noted painter in the Ashcan School and a follower of George Luks. She exhibited as Margarett Sargent and Margarett W. McKean. Early life and education Margarett Williams Sargent was bo ...

by Her Granddaughter'' (1996) * ''Memoir'' (1988)

References

External links

Officuial websiteHonorMoore.com
(official website)
After Ariel: Celebrating the poetry of the women's movement
by Honor Moore in the ''

Boston Review ''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form ...

''
Memoir and Poetry
by Honor Moore o
Poems Out Loud
*Audio
Honor Moore reads "Disparu"
from the book ''Red Shoes'' *Honor Moore read her poetry at the Poetry of Rage Readings produced in 1974 by the

Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective The Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective was a group of professional women playwrights in New York active from 1971 to 1975. They wrote and produced feminist plays and were one of the first feminist theatre groups in the United States to do so ...

. * See also her theater review "Theater Will Never Be the Same" published 1977 discussing feminist theater

Papers of Honor Moore.
http://radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library Schlesinger Library], Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
2008 ''Bomb Magazine'' discussion between Honor Moore & Victoria Redel
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