Martha Clare Ronk (born 1940

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) is an American

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Life

She graduated from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

, and

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

with a B.A. and Ph.D. She taught at the

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and

Otis College of Art and Design Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aero ...

, and

Naropa University Naropa University is a private university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, it is named after the 11th-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The university ...

Summer Writing Program. and

Occidental College Occidental College (informally Oxy) is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is ...

. She joined the Occidental faculty in 1981 and retired as a professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies in 2014. She has lived in

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since 1971.

Awards

* 2006

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* 2005 PEN USA award in poetry * Lynda Hull Poetry Award * 2002 The

Denver Quarterly The ''Denver Quarterly'' (known as ''The University of Denver Quarterly'' until 1970) is a literary magazine based at the University of Denver. It was founded in 1966 by novelist John Edward Williams. Publisher The magazine is published by the ...

* Artist Residencies at the

MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The program was founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDo ...

and Djerassi * MacArthur summer Research Grant * Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship from Wellesley College * Gertrude Stein Awards in Poetry * NEA grant

Works

Poetry

''Ocular Proof''
Omnidawn Publishing. 2016.
''Transfer of Qualities''
Omnidawn Publishing. 2013.
"A MEMORY OF HER LODGED IN WET AIR AND SKIN"; "GETTING A HOLD"; "WHY DOES ONE DREAM OF THEM?", ''Jacket 13'', April 2001
*

* * * * *''Recent Terrains'' photographer Laurie Brown, Center for American Places, Johns Hopkins Press, 2000 * * chapbook *''Prepositional.'' Los Angeles
Mindmade Books
2004. *''Quotidian'' chapbook, a+bend books, 2000 *''Allegories'' chapbook with artist Tom Wudl, ML & NLF Books, 1998 Emblems, chapbook, Instress, 1998

Short stories

Memoir

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''Ploughshares''

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References

External links

MSS 697
Special Collections & Archives
UC San Diego Library. 1940 births Living people Writers from Cleveland Wellesley College alumni Yale University alumni University of Colorado faculty Otis College of Art and Design faculty Naropa University faculty Occidental College faculty American women poets Chapbook writers American women academics 21st-century American women 20th-century American poets {{US-poet-1940s-stub