USC College Department of English


Mary Bendall


Assistant Professor (teaching) of English

Contact Information
Office: THH 402J
Phone: (213) 821-5411
E-mail: bendall@usc.edu

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
 

Education

  • M.F.A. English/Creative Writing, University of Virginia, 5/1986
  • M.A. Poetry, Johns Hopkins University, 1/1987

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
  • ""Chants, Charms and Childhood Vernacular"", Panel on Poetry and the Vernacular, Talk/Oral Presentation, , Atlanta, Georgia, Associated Writing Programs, Invited, Spring 2007   

Publications

Book
  • Bendall, M. A., Wronsky, G. F. (2009). Bling & Fringe.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2009). Under the Quick. West Lafayette, Indiana: Parlor Press.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2008). Under the Quick. Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2002). Ariadne's Island.
  • Bendall, M. A. (1999). Dark Summer, poetry. Miami Universtiy Press.
  • Bendall, M. A. (1992). After Estrangement, Poetry. Peregrine Smith Books.
Book Review
  • Bendall, M. A. (2007). Review of Elaine Equi's Ripple Effect for Pool magazine. Pool.
Poem
  • Bendall, M. A. (2009). Poems in American Hybrid, The Norton Anthology of the New Poem. Norton.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2008). "Neighborhood Watch," "Forest Comrade," in Pool literary journal. Pool.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2008). "If On a Boat," "B-line to the Next Yard," "Fugitive Lullaby" for Western Humanities Review. Western Humanities Review.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2007). "To Pay the Debt" "Blurry Evidence" for Tin House. Tin House.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2007). "A Home Never Tried," "What Might Be a Gift" in Colorado Review. Colorado Review.
  • Bendall, M. A. (2007). Poems forthcoming in American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology. Norton.

Honors and Awards

  • Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Poetry from Green Integer Press, 2006-2007   
  • Fine Press Book, INCANTATION, with prints by John O'Brien and poems by Molly Bendall was chosen to be displayed in Doheny Library's special show, "The Artists' Book", Spring 2007   

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships
  • Member of Associated Writing Programs, 2003-2008  
  • Academy of American Poets, 2006-2007   
Media, Alumni, and Community Relations
  • Poetry reading at Otis School of Art and Design, Spring 2009