Danusha Laméris
Danusha Laméris is an American poet of Dutch and Caribbean descent. She was born July 5th, 1971 in Cambridge, Massachusetts[1], and was raised in Mill Valley and Berkeley, attending Marin Country Day School and The College Preparatory School. She is an alumnus of the University of California Santa Cruz,[2] and graduated with a B.A. in Studio Art.
Her poem, "Small Kindnesses," was has been widely shared in social media. The poet Naomi Shihab Nye wrote in the New York Times introducing the poem: "a poem celebrating minor, automatic graciousness within a community, which can shine a penetrating light[3]." "Small Kindnesses" was featured in the NPR show "It's Been a Minute" with Sam Sanders.[4] The 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States and Pullitzer Price winner Tracy K. Smith featured the poem in her podcast "The Slowdown"[5] The actress Ellen Burstyn memorized the poem [6] and it was choreographed by Olga Dunn.[7] Laméris is currently on the faculty of Pacific University's low-residency MFA program[8].
Career[edit]
Lameris is the author of two collections of poetry. Her first book The Moons of August[9] was the Winner of the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye, and a finalist for the Milton Kessler Poetry Award.[10] Her second book, Bonfire Opera [11] from University of Pittsburgh Press was a finalist for the 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize and was the winner for the 2021 Northern California Book Award in Poetry.
Her poems have been published in journals and periodicals such as: The American Poetry Review[12] The Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares [13], The Sun Magazine [14], and The New York Times [15] and appear regularly on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac.[16][17][18][19][20]
Lameris founded The Hive Poetry Collective in Santa Cruz, CA, which hosts a poetry radio show and podcast, as well as workshops and events, and was the Poet Laureate[21] of Santa Cruz, California from 2018-2020.
Works[edit]
- The Moons of August (Autumn House Press, 2014),ISBN-10 : 1932870954, ISBN-13 : 978-1932870954
- Bonfire Opera, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020, Pitt Poetry Series). ISBN-10 : 0822966050, ISBN-13 : 978-0822966050
Awards and Honors:[edit]
- 2013 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize (selected by Gary Young)[22]
- 2014 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize for The Moons of August
- 2015 Finalist, Milt Kessler Award for The Moons of August
- 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz, CA
- 2017 "The Watch," Included in the Best American Poetry (edited by Natasha Trethewey)
- 2020 Lucille Clifton Memorial Award, given by St. Mary's College of Maryland[23][11]
- 2021 Northern California Book Award in Poetry for Bonfire Opera.
- 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize finalist for Bonfire Opera
References[edit]
- ↑ "Academy of American Poets". Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. Retrieved July 17, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Poetry Foundation". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved July 15, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The New York Times PRINT EDITION Small Kindnesses | September 22, 2019, Page MM14 Laméris, Danusha; Nye, Naomi Shihab (2019-09-19). "Poem: Small Kindnesses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "Our Pandemic Year : It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "199: Small Kindnesses". www.slowdownshow.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ Harris, Hunter (2019-10-04). "Ellen Burstyn Has the Greatest Line in Lucy in the Sky". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ correspondent, Christopher Marcisz, Eagle. "Olga Dunn Dance Company prepares for first in-person dance performance in over a year". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "Introducing New Faculty". Pacific University. Pac U. 5 May 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Davenport, Ann (2016). "The Moons of August by Danusha Laméris (review)". Pleiades: Literature in Context. 36 (2): 44–46. doi:10.1353/plc.2016.0151. ISSN 2470-1971.
- ↑ "Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award Past Winners". www.binghamton.edu. Binghampton University, New York. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Darling, Kristina Marie (2020-07-14). "Ellen Bass Interviews Danusha Laméris About BONFIRE OPERA". Tupelo Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ↑ "American Poetry Review – Search". aprweb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "Search | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "The Sun Magazine | Search". The Sun Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "The New York Times - Search". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "The Writer's Almanac for Tuesday, October 8, 2019". Garrison Keillor. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "Writer's Almanac". Retrieved July 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Martin, John. "The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor". The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "The Writer's Almanac for Saturday, September 12, 2020". Garrison Keillor. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "Newtonian Nocturne". The Writer's Almanac. The Writer's Almanac. Retrieved 15 July 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Baine, Wallace (2018-12-18). "Danusha Laméris Launches Pop-Up Poetry in Santa Cruz". Good Times Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "Morton Marcus Poetry Prize". mortonmarcus.com. Morton Marcus. Retrieved 15 July 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "An Evening to Honor the Legacy of Lucille Clifton at St. Mary's College of Maryland". Southern Maryland News Net. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
External Links[edit]
1. Poets.org listing: https://poets.org/poet
2. Poetry Foundation, Danusha Laméris: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ 3. The Sun Magazine Selections: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/contributors/
4. American Poetry Review Page: https://aprweb.org/authors/
3. Women's Voices for Change: https://womensvoicesforchange.org/small-kindnesses-by-danusha-lameris.htm
5. Interview with Ellen Bass, Tupelo Quarterly: https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/ellen-bass-interviews-danusha-lameris-about-bonfire-opera/
6. Broadkill Review: https://www.broadkillreview.com/post/crafting-the-primal-danusha-lam%C3%A9ris-s-bonfire-opera
7. Vox Populi: https://voxpopulisphere.com/2019/12/01/danusha-lameris-bonfire-opera/
8. The New York Times, Small Kindnesses: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/magazine/poem-small-kindnesses.html
9. Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/danusha-lameris
10. Essay in New Ohio Review, "Beautiful, Brilliant, and Dead: Portraits of the Female Poet in Film": https://newohioreview.org/2019/12/02/beautiful-brilliant-and-dead-portraits-of-the-female-poet-in-film/
11. Rattlecast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fndP-TJhIXw
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