Michael Anania

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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

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Name: Michael Anania

Pen Name: None

Genre: Poetry; Short Stories; Novels

Born: 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska

Website: N/A

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[edit] Illinois Connection

• He retired as a Professor of English at the University of Illinois —Chicago

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Michael Anania is a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been an editor, novelist and poet. He is also the Literary Editor at Swallow Press in Chicago and is a member of the Executive Committee, Coordinatoing Council of Literary Magazines, also in Chicago. Michael is frequently sought as a lecturer and essayist on Illinois' literary traditions, including "The Chicago Novel."

[edit] Published Works

• The Color of Dust, Swallow Press, 1970

• Riversongs, University of Illinois Press, 1978

• The Red Menace, Thunder`s Mouth Press, 1984

• The Sky at Ashland, on the Conditions of Place, Haybarn, 1985

• Constructions/Variations, Spoon River Poetry Press, 1985

• In Plain Sight, Obsessions, Morals & Domestic Laughter, 1991

• Selected Poems, Asphodel, Moyer, Bell, 1994

• In Natural Light, Asphodel, Moyer, Bell, 1999

• Heat Lines, Moyer Bell, 2005

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Riversongs: POEMS ISBN: 0252007174 Release Date: 1978-12-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The red menace: A fiction ISBN: B0006ECN5K Release Date: 1984 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Sky at Ashland ISBN: 0918825326 Release Date: 1986-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Constructions: Variations ISBN: 031727399X Release Date: 1985-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

In Plain Sight: Obsessions, Morals & Domestic Laughter ISBN: 1559210478 Release Date: 1993-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Selected Poems ISBN: 155921113X Release Date: 1994-08 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

In Natural Light ISBN: 1559212705 Release Date: 1999-02-12 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Heat Lines ISBN: 1559213841 Release Date: 2006-09-30 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

• Friends of Literature Poetry Prize, 1970

• Roadstead Fellowship, 1970-1972

• Best Short Stories, 1979

• Pushcart Prize, 1980

• Illinois Arts Fellowship in Fiction, 1980

• Arts Council Literary Award in Poetry, 1974, 1976, 1989

• Arts Council Literary Award in Fiction, 1979

• Arts Council Literary Award in Criticism, 1980

• Illinois Author of the Year by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English in 1985

• Midwest Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Paperback of 1994 for Myoer Bell Edition of The Red Menace

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

[edit] External Links

Michael Anania on WorldCat

Michael Anania on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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