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Carol Muske-Dukes
Professor of English
Contact Information
E-mail:
carolmd@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2824
Office: THH 409
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Education
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B.A. English, Creighton University, 1/1967
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M.A. English, California State University, San Francisco, 1/1970
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Muske-Duke studies poetry writing, fiction writing, and literary criticism. She is a poet, fiction writer, critic and reviewer for the New York Times Book Review and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, where she writes a regular poetry column called Poets Corner. She has written seven books of poems, three novels, and two essay collections. Her most recent collection is titled Married to the Icepick Killer: A Poet in Hollywood and was listed in the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Books of 2002. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Paris Review, The New Yorker, New York Times, The Nation, The Yale Review, The American Poetry Review and The Kenyon Review.
Honors and Awards
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Co-Curator - Poetry Program – sponsored by ARTRAIN. A national project – with lead curator, Eric Fischl – A "moving museum" of contemporary art works (since 9/11) by major artists (Chuck Close, Cindy Sherman, etc.) with National Board (Mary Boone, Steve Martin, Bob Kerrey) -- along with poetry readings, a "national renga", poetry troubadours, etc. -- traveling to over 40 cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles , 11/2008-
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Appointed Poet Laureate, State of California, by order of the Governor’s Office,
Fall
2008
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Presentation of Carol Muske-Dukes as Poet Laureate by USC President Steven Sample at USC v. Notre Dame football game,
Fall
2008
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Judge, 2008 L.A. Times Book Prize, 2007-2008
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WriteGirl Bold Ink Award (other honorees -- Diablo Cody, Callie Khouri, Mona Simpson, etc.) at Grammy Center,
Spring
2007
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The Sidney Harmon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College, NYC,
Spring
2006
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Chapin Award, from Columbia University, Graduate Writing Program, for body of work, 2004-2005
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WRITERS AT WORK Award, Poem chosen for postcard reproduction, 2004-2005
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Seattle Arts & Lectures Award,
Spring
2004
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'Sparrow' listed as Notable Book by the New Yorker, 2003
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Chapin Award for Poetry from Columbia University School of the Arts for Sparrow, 2003
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National Book Award Nomination for Sparrow, 2003
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Yale Review's Best Poems of the Year Award for Sparrow, 2003
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Witter-Bynner Fellowship awarded by the Library of Congress, 1997-1998
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LA Times Book Prize Finalist, 1997
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USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, 1993
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 1991
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Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1984
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Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1981
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Castagola Award (Poetry Society of America), 1979
Service to the Profession
Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Assistant Editor, Antaeus, 1975-1981
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