Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

General Information

Name: Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody

Pen Name: None

Genre: Poetry

Born: 1945 in Washington, D.C.

Website: www.litline.org/vertreace

Email: poetmaeve@juno.com

Photo Credit: Carla Durand-Demarais

Illinois Connection

• Distinguished Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence, Kennedy-King College (Chicago)

Biographical and Professional Information

• Significant Illinois Poet Award from Gwendolyn Brooks

Published Works

• Second House From the Corner, Kennedy-King College Press, 1986
• Kelly in the Mirror, Albert Whitman Publishers, 1993
• Oracle Bones, White Eagle Coffeestore Press, 1994
• Light Caught Bending, Diehard Publishers, 1995
• Cinnabar, Flume Press, 1995
• Maafa, When Light Becomes a Lion, Ion Books, 1996
• Second Mourning, Diehard Publishers, 1998
• Smokeless Flame, Frith Press, 1998
• Dragon Lady, Tsukimi, Riverstone Press, 1999
• Glacier Fire, WordTech Communications, 2005

Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Second house from the corner ISBN: 093829900X Release Date: 1986 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Kelly in the Mirror ISBN: 0807541524 Release Date: 1993-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Oracle Bones ISBN: Release Date: 1994 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Light Caught Bending ISBN: 0946230285 Release Date: 1995 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Maafa: When Night Becomes a Lion ISBN: 0938507249 Release Date: 1996-04 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Second Mourning ISBN: 0946230498 Release Date: 1998 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Glacier Fire ISBN: 1932339590 Release Date: 2005-01-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Under a cat's-eye moon : poems ISBN: 0914403001 Release Date: 1991 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Literary Awards

• The Glendora Review Poet, Lagosm Nigeria
• Twice Fellow at the Hawthornden International Writers' Retreat in Scotland
• Poetry Fellow, in residence at the Writers Center, Dublin, Ireland
• Research Fellow at St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, Wales
• Henry Blakely Award, from Gwendolyn Brooks
• National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
• Illinios Arts Council Literary Awards
• Illinois Arts Council Fellowship
• Significant Illinois Poet Award from Gwendolyn Brooks
• Scottish Arts Council Awards

Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

External Links

Martha Vertreace on WorldCat

Martha Vertreace on Amazon

Editing

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