Dr. Alice Bolstridge
Education Ph. D. Oklahoma State University, May 1987. English Literature. GPA: 3.95 (4.00 scale). Dissertation: Story Teller, novel directed by Dr. Gordon Weaver. Areas: Creative Writing, Literary Theory, American Literature. M. A. University of Maine at Orono, August 1982. GPA: 4.00 (4.00 scale). Thesis: Esthetic Reading: Processes and Problems. Directors: Dr. Virginia Steinhoff, Dr. Burton Hatlen. English/ Writing. B. S. University of Maine at Presque Isle, June 1970. GPA: 3.66 (4.00 scale). Education/English. publications Fiction: 10 stories in River Review/Revue Riviere, An Intricate Weave (Iris Editions), Sleeping with Dionysus (Crossing Press), The Northern Line, The Arden, Art Times, Cimarron Review, Licking River Review, The Epistolary Form and the Letter as Artifact (Pig Iron Press). Poetry: 50 poems in Wolf Moon Press Journal, Natural Bridge, Out of Line, Maine in Print, Animus, redriverreview.com, The Maine Scholar, Nimrod, Quantum Tao, New Press Literary Quarterly, Passager, Mockingbird, Northern Line, Cimarron Review, Kalliope, Slant, Magic Realism, The Incliner, Outerbridge, Licking River Review, Echoes, Sing Heavenly Muse!, Celebrating Women’s Words, Cincinnati Poetry Review, Midland Review. Nonfiction Prose: 7 essays in Wolf Moon Press Journal, Maine Voices Project (Milkweed Press), Out of Line, Animus, River Review/Revue Riviere, Mediphors.
GRANTS, HONORS, AND Awards received Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Poetry Contest, first prize, 2005. Finalist, Pablo Neruda Poetry Contest, 1998. 1995 Passager Poet Award. Taft Memorial Grant of Cincinnati, 2 for Creative Writing Projects, 1993 & 1988. Best of Issue Poetry Prize, Licking River Review, 1991. Oklahoma State University Awards: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Clinton D. Keeler Fellowship, Outstanding Graduate Student in English, 1985. Short Fiction Award, 1st Prize, 1985. American Academy of Poets Prize, 1985. May Woods Essay Contest, 1985. President’s Tuition Waiver Scholarship, 1983. aCADEMIC tEACHING EXPERIENCE 1995-2008: The Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Instructor, English & Humanities. Composition and Research. World Literature. Science and Literature. Contemporary American Literature. Global Issues. (207)-325-3303. 1987-1994: University of Cincinnati. Instructor, English & Humanities. Creative Writing, Major American Writers, Freshman English, Topics in Literature, Honors Special Topics. 1983-1987: Oklahoma State University. Graduate Associate. Freshman Composition, Creative Writing, Introduction to Literature and Critical Writing. eDITORIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Consulting Editor: To Make a Poem (Collegiate Press, 1993-‘94). Assistant Director of Composition: Oklahoma State University, 1985-‘86. Poetry Editor: Midland Review, 1986.
Professional memberships AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Vocational Advisory Council, Aroostook Mental Health Center, 1999 to present. Planning Committee, Voices in the North Country, Writers’ Conference, 1995. Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Central Aroostook Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Steering Committee, Dept. of English & Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, 1990-’91. Special Events Committee, organizes literary readings and scholarly lectures, Dept. of English & Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, 1990-’93. The Workshop, Cincinnati, organized literary readings for the community, 1987-’90. Holy Fools, Cincinnati, volunteer clown troop visiting health and helping facilities, 1990-93. Public Readings, more than a dozen, poetry and fiction, in Stillwater Oklahoma; Cincinnati; and Northern Maine, 1985-present.
References Dr. Gordon Weaver. Professor, retired, English Department, Oklahoma State University. (414) 375-9310. Dr. Donald Bogen. Associate Professor, Department of English & Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati. (513) 556-5924. Dr. Austin Wright. Professor Emeritus, Department of English & Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati. Deceased.
Complete Dossier available from: Director of University Placement Student Union, Room 360 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 740-0678
Biographical Note Alice Bolstridge was born and grew up in Portage, Maine. After living a number of years away in Oklahoma and Cincinnati, she came back to Aroostook County to be near family including two sons, a daughter, and three grandsons. She has a variety of extra-curricular interests: cross country skiing, hiking, nature watching, art and chaos. She is available for public readings or discussions of her work: