Shelley Puhak

Shelley Puhak
Reading at the Arts Club of Washington, D.C. 2014
Born	1975
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Delaware; University of New Orleans
Genre	Poetry
Website
www.shelleypuhak.com

Shelley Puhak (born 1975) is an American poet. She is Eichner Professor of Creative Writing at Notre Dame of Maryland University.^[1] She won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize for her poetry collection Guinevere in Baltimore.^[2]

Life

She was born in Washington, D.C. She graduated from University of Delaware with an MA, and from the University of New Orleans with an MFA.^[3]

Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review,^[4] Beloit Poetry Journal,^[5] Kenyon Review,^[6] Missouri Review,^[7] Southeast Review,^[8] and Superstition Review.^[9]

She is married; she and her husband live in Catonsville.^[10]

Works

• Guinevere in Baltimore, WAYWISER Press, 2014, ISBN 9781904130574 ^[11][12][13]
• Stalin in Aruba, Black Lawrence Press, 2010, ISBN 9780615319308 ^[14]
• The Consolation of Fairy Tales, Split Oak Press, 2011, ISBN 9780984964611

References

1. "Shelley Puhak". Directory · Notre Dame of Maryland University. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
2. Yockel, Michael (February 2014). "Pen Is Mightier". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
3. "About Guinevere in Baltimore by Shelley Puhak". Verse Daily. 2010. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
4. "Alaska Quarterly Review". 22 (3 & 4). 2005. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
5. "Poem by Shelley Puhak, The Fuhrer's Girls". BPJ - Beloit Poetry Journal. 2010. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
6. "Two Poems by Shelley Puhak". Kenyon Review Online. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
7. "Shelley Puhak: "Letter to an Old Flame"". The Missouri Review Content Archives. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
8. Newberry, Trevor (2010-03-01). "Shelley Puhak". The Southeast Review Online. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
9. "Two Poems by Shelley Puhak". Superstition Review (11). ISSN 1938-324X. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
10. Yockel, Michael. "Pen Is Mightier". Baltimore. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
11. Woods, Baynard (November 13, 2013). "Book Review: Guinevere in Baltimore". Baltimore City Paper. Here, she elevates what was merely clever in the previous collection to something close to sublime. It is a book easy to fall in love with and one that makes one want to memorize dozens of its delicately fierce lines.
12. George, Christopher T. "Shelley Puhak, Guinevere in Baltimore". Loch Haven Review. Retrieved 17 April 2014. This is witty and adventurous stuff. Perhaps too heady a mix for many but nonetheless a clever and thought-provoking read if you bear with it.
13. Adkins, Paul David. "A Twist in the Triangle: Shelley Puhak's Guinevere in Baltimore". Barn Owl Review. Retrieved 17 April 2014. Her sharp lines, internal space, and imagery conjure a breathtaking love story. Her readers do not need to know about Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot to enjoy the volume. The poet’s contemporary tale of betrayal, romance, and intrigue highlights the timelessness of desire, materialism, and lust, and their inevitable failure to satisfy us.
14. "Review: "Stalin In Aruba" by Shelley Puhak". Neon: A Literary Magazine. Oct 3, 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2014. For its unique texture Stalin In Aruba is a consistently engrossing read. This first collection is a confident debut by a quietly talented writer.

External links

• "Shelley Puhak". Directory of Writers - Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
• "ORIGINS: Shelley Puhak". jmww. July 9, 2012.