Master of Fine Arts in Poetry, George Mason University, 1999

A N N E E. S H A W

71 Raymond St #2 Providence RI 02908 (414) 218-2048 [email protected] www.anneshaw.org

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Poetry, George Mason University, 1999. Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology, Yale University, 1994. Summa cum Laude with distinction in both majors.

VISUAL ARTS

Solo Exhibitions

Inscapes. Providence Optical Gallery, Providence RI, March 11, 2011-April 9, 2011. Changeable Witness / COZY. AS220 Project Space, Providence RI, January 3, 2010.

Group Exhibitions

Catch in Flow of Words/Surfacing Images, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge NH, October-December 2010. Changeable Witness in R.I. Sight. Pawtucket Arts Festival Poets and Artists Collaboration, Pawtucket RI, September 12, 2010. Dismantled Notebook. Exhibited at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, May 2009.

POETRY PUBLICATIONS

Book Undertow: Poems. Winner of 2007 Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize. Persea Books, 2007.

Chapbook

Monstrosities: A Documentary Poem. Finalist, DIAGRAM Hybrid Essay Contest, 2009. http://www.thediagram.com/9_1/shaw.html

Journals

Inter|rupture. "Night in the Formal Garden" and "Forage." (Forthcoming). Indiana Review. "And After." (Forthcoming). Horse Less Review. "Airplane Poem." (Forthcoming). Harvard Review. Excerpt from "Consumption." (Forthcoming). Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art. "Ransom." (Forthcoming). Literary Imagination. "Voyeurism." (2011). We Are So Happy to Know Something. "Afternoon Traffic and Weather." (Issue 2). Artifice. "Wind Advisory." (Issue 3). Meridian. "Annunciation," "This Hope." (Issue 26, January 2011). ExpressMilwaukee.com. "City You Won't Come Back To." (February 6, 2011). O Sweet Flowery Roses. "subzero," Birthday Poem," "Aubade," "Oculus." (January 18, 2011). Copper Nickel. "[bone in, bone out]," "[ghost river]" (15). Barrow Street. "What She Sees When She Hushes." (Fall / Winter 2010). New Orleans Review. "City You Won't Come Back To." (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2010). Konundrum Engline Literary Review. "Onanism," "Elegy IV." (Archived at http://lit.konundrum.com/poetry/shawa_poems.php) typo. "Song." (Issue 14). Aufgabe. "Bleat." (Number 9, 2010). Bellingham Review. "Three Elegies" and "Fourth Grade Foyer." (Spring 2010, Issue XXXIII, Vol. 62). Black Warrior Review. "Invitation." (Issue 36.2, Spring/Summer 2010). Green Mountains Review. "New Deal." (Vol XXII, No. 2, Winter 2009). Drunken Boat. "Grief Street" and "Khao Lak Paradise Resort." (No. 11, 2010). Tuesday: An Art Project. “Shatter and Thrust as A Series of Silver Gelatin Prints. “ (3:2, Fall 2009). Verse. "Absence of Assignable." (October 30, 2009). Verse. "Unruly Clock." (October 19, 2009). Verse Online. “Another Art House Movie.” (October 9, 2009). Beloit Poetry Journal. "Thoreau Dying." (Vol. 60, No.1, Fall 2009). Subtropics. "Hobble." (Issue 8, Spring/Summer 2009). Cimarron Review. "Cyclops Family Album." (Issue 167, Spring 2009). The Journal. “Take.” (Autumn/Winter, 2008). Literal Latté. “The Supper Star.” Winner of 2008 Food Verse Contest. (November, 2008). New Ohio Review. “Damn the Manacle.” (Issue 4, Fall 2008). The Laurel Review. “Catacomb.” (Winter 2008). Court Green. “Hive.” (Issue 5, 2008). Gulf Coast. “Hymn.” (Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2007). Natural Bridge. “The Visions at Lascaux.” (Spring 2006). New American Writing. “Aegean,” “Shibboleth” (Spring/Summer 2005). Fell Swoop. “Darkness.” (No. 69, Spring 2004). gam. Excerpts from "Survival School." (No. 1, Fall 2003). Hayden's Ferry Review. "In Medias Res." (Vol. 32, Spring/Summer 2003). Twenty-Six. "Trans/parence." (Issue B, April 2003). The Wallace Stevens Journal. "The Burden of What Flickered in the Light." (Spring 2002). The Cresset. "Staying On." (Pentecost 2001) and "Crossing to Chebeague." (Lent 2002). Crania. "After Having Been Put to Bed" and "The Cipher." (Issue 11, Winter 2000). Mobius. "The Evolution of Loss." (Vol 15, Fall-Winter 2000). Phoebe. "Enumeration," "Lineage. " (Vol. 28, Spring 1999). The Sandhill Review. "Demeter Sings the Blues," "Mariana's Revenge," "The X-Ray." (Vol. X, 1997). Fractal. "The Visitation." (Vol. 7, Spring 1997). Aurora. "O." (Spring 1993).

Online Poetry Projects

Twitter Poetry Project. Ongoing experimental poem written via the website Twitter. www.twitter.com/anneshaw. Monstrosities: A Documentary Poem. Collage poem exploring the history of monstrosity from Medieval times to the present. http://www.thediagram.com/9_1/shaw.html

Print Anthologies

“Hymn,” and “Discoverie of Witchcraft,.” Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality, Ed. Kevin Simmons. Sibling Rivalry Press (Forthcoming). “Dido to the Little Matchgirl.” A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry, (Forthcoming). “Haunch." Dogs Singing, Ed. Jessie Lendennie. Salmon Poetry, 2010. “Shibboleth.” Innovative Poetry in English 2005/2006: The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Gertrude Stein Awards. Ed. Douglas Messerli. Green Integer Press, 2010. “Precipice.” Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, 2008. Eds. Jeannie Bergmann and Richard Roe. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, 2008. “Hibiscus” and “Cold Spring.” I’m Home. Ed. Ann Wells. iUniverse Press, 2005. “Formulary for a Winter Landscape.” Wisconsin Poets' Calendar, 2004. Eds. Alice D’Alessio and Jackie Langeteig. Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, 2004.

Poetry in Archives

“City You Won’t Come Back To.” Verse Daily. September 7, 2010. From the Fishouse: Audio Archive of Emerging Poets. www.fishousepoems.org. Konundrum Engline Literary Review. "Onanism," "Elegy IV." (Archived at http://lit.konundrum.com/poetry/shawa_poems.php) “God the Cyclops.” BONK! Performance Series. July 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0msRKPolpo “Lineage.” Poetry Daily. June 6, 2008. www.versedaily.org/2008/hymn.shtml. “Hymn.” Verse Daily. March 2008. www.versedaily.org/2008/hymn.shtml. “Drag King Manifesto,” Woodland Pattern Archive. Added May 2008. www.woodlandpattern.org/poems/anne_shaw02.shtml. “Shibboleth,” Woodland Pattern Archive. Added 2004. www.woodlandpattern.org/poems/anne_shaw01.shtml.

AWARDS

DIAGRAM Hybrid Essay Contest, Finalist, 2009. Literal Latté Food Verse Contest. First Place, 2008. Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize from Persea Press, 2007. Colorado Prize for Poetry, Finalist, 2007. Beatrice Hawley Award, Finalist, Alice James Press, 2007. “Discovery”/The Nation Award. Semi-finalist, 2006 & 2007. Benjamin Saltman Poetry Contest/Red Hen Press. Finalist, 2006. Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetics. Green Integer Press, 2006. Virginia Downs Poetry Award. First Place. George Mason University, 1998.

FELLOWSHIPS & CONFERENCES

Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Squaw Valley CA, July 2010. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, May 2009. Summer Literary Seminars, Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. December 2006. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Middlebury College, Middlebury MA. August 2006. Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference. Colrain MA. April 2006. Arizona State University Writers’ Conference. Tempe AZ. March 2004, 2005, April 2006. Lannan Foundation Fellowship to attend Folger Poetry Series. Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC. 1996-97.

READINGS AS FEATURED READER

Poetry Series at the Brockton Public Library, Brockton MA, November 19, 2011 (Upcoming). Live from Prairie Lights, Iowa City IA, July 22, 2011. (Upcoming). The Empty Globe, Los Angeles CA, July 16, 2011. (Upcoming). Spare Room, Portland OR, July 10, 2011. (Upcoming). All Small Caps, Wendell MA, November 29, 2010. Beloit College, Beloit WI, November 15, 2010. Celebration of the Liberal Arts, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge NH, Sept 28, 2010. Small Animal Project, Cambridge MA, May 8, 2010. Symposium Books, Providence RI, May 7, 2010. Toadstool Books, Peterborough NH, April 17, 2010. Publicly Complex Reading Series, Providence RI, Feb 6, 2010. University of Wisconsin Poetry Series, Madison WI, November 20, 2008. Wisconsin Festival of the Book, A Room of One’s Own, Madison WI, October 19, 2008. Celebration of the Liberal Arts, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH, Sept 25, 2008. Book Release Reading, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee WI, May 7, 2008. Prairie Chicken Festival and Literary Bash, Mead Wildlife Area, Milladore WI, April 2008. Avol’s Book Shop, Madison WI, April 2008. Visiting Writers Series, Carthage College, Kenosha WI, March 2008. Faculty Reading with Andrew Feld, Carthage College, Kenosha WI, October 2004. Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee WI, April 2004. Canterbury Books, Madison WI, April 2002. Urban Voice Reading Series, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee WI, April 2002. Candid Yak,George Mason University, Fairfax VA, October 1997. SELECTED GROUP READINGS

Featherless #12, Los Angeles CA, July 17, 2011. (Upcoming). Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo MI, April 16, 2011 (Upcoming). Lightning Flash Poetry Reading with Four Way Books and Persea Books, AWP, Washington, DC, Feb 3, 2011. Pocket Lab Reading Series, Minneapolis MN, January 6, 2011. Couscous@Tazza, Providence RI, Sept 27, 2010. Into the Woods: Slash Pine Poetry Festival, Tuscaloosa AL, September 18, 2010. Counterpath Books / Drunken Boat / Guernica / Persea Books / Pool Performance, Associated Writing Programs Confernce, Denver CO, April 7, 2010. DoubleCross Press / Lame House Press / Slash Pine Press Poetry Marathon, Associated Writing Programs Conference, Denver CO, April 7, 2010. BONK! Reading and Performance Series, Racine WI, June 27, 2009. Resident Reading Series, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, May 26, 2009. Babylon Salon, San Francisco CA, December 6, 2008. Indie Press Series for Persea Books, McNally Robison Books, NYC, January 2008. Blue Parlor Reading Series, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury VT, August 2006. Woodland Pattern Annual Poetry Marathon, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI, January 2001, '02, '03, '04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ‘08. Borders Books Poetry Reading. Fairfax, VA, April 1997. Lannan Fellows Poetry Reading. Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, February 1997.

BIBLIOGRAPHY / REVIEWS OF WORK

Vardaman, Wendy. “God X-ings: Belief Intersects Wisconsin Poetry.” Verse Wisconsin Online, Issue 104, Fall 2010.http://www.versewisconsin.org/Issue104/prose104/vardaman.html

Eisenstadter, Dave. “Of Language and Landscape: A Poet’s Vision.” Monadnock Ledger- Transcript, April 15, 2010.

Ali, Kazim. “The Poetics of Twitter.” Kenyon Review Online, July 2009. http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=4544

Cunningham, Cindy. “Review of Anne Shaw’s Undertow.” Boxcar Poetry Review, July 2008. http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/015/review_anne_shaw_cunningham.html

“Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin.” Poets & Writers, January/February 2008.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge NH, 2008- Present. Adjunct Instructor, Composition, Carroll College, Waukesha WI, 2008. Assistant Professor of English, Carthage College, Kenosha WI, 1999-2007. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Creative Writing and Literature, George Mason University, Fairfax VA, 1997-1999.

ARTS COMMUNITY SERVICE

Curator, Providence Poetry Calendar, Providence RI, 2009-Present. http://provpoetry.blogspot.com Curator, New Voices Reading Series, Franklin Pierce University, 2009-Present. Community Workshop Instructor, Woodland Pattern Book Center, January 2008. Co-Organizer, 3rd Annual Celebration of International Poetry, Carthage College. 2006.