Alice B. Fogel

Alice Fogel (born April 2, 1954) is an American poet, writer, and professor, who served as the state poet laureate of New Hampshire from 2014 to 2019.[1]

Alice Fogel
Poet Laureate of New Hampshire
In office
2014–2019
Personal details
BornBuffalo, New York, United States
ResidenceWalpole, New Hampshire
EducationAntioch College (BA)
University of New Hampshire (MA)

Education

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in art and literature from Antioch College and her Master of Arts from the University of New Hampshire.

Career

She is author of six poetry collections, most recently "Nothing But: a series of indirect considerations on art & consciousness" (2021), "A Doubtful House" (2017), and Interval: Poems based on Bach's "Goldberg Variations" (2015), which won the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature and the 2016 New Hampshire Literary Award in Poetry. Be That Empty (Harbor Mountain Press, 2007) was a poetry bestseller. She is also author of Strange Terrain: A Poetry Handbook for the Reluctant Reader (Hobblebush Books, 2009). Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Beloit Poetry Journal, Hotel Amerika, The Boston Review, The Inflectionist Review, Green Mountains Review, Iowa Review, JuxtaProse Literary Magazine, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, Third Coast and The Washington Post. She has also contributed to several anthologies including The Best American Poetry 1993,[2][3][4] Robert Hass's Poet's Choice, and Claiming the Spirit Within.

Fogel's honors include twelve Pushcart Prize nominations, Best of the Web, and a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts[5] and the New England Poetry Club's Daniel Varoujan Award[6][7] among other awards. She works one-on-one with neurodiverse students at Landmark College and teaches a variety of programs around the state of New Hampshire and elsewhere.

Personal life

Alice Fogel was born in Buffalo, NY and raised in the Hudson Valley of NY State. She lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.[8][9]

Published works

Full-length poetry collections
  • Nothing But: a series of indirect considerations on art & consciousness (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2021)
  • A Doubtful House (Bauhan Publishing, 2017)
  • Interval: Poems Based on Bach's Goldberg Variations (Schaffner Press, 2015)
  • Be That Empty (Harbor Mountain Press, 2007)
  • I Love This Dark World (Zoland Books, 1996)
  • Elemental (Zoland Books, 1993)

Non-fiction
  • Strange Terrain: A Poetry Handbook for the Reluctant Reader (Hobblebush Books, 2009)

References
  1. "Alice B. Fogel". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  2. "Beloit Poetry Journal > Spring 1995 > Vol. 45, No. 3 > Table of Contents". Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  3. Ploughshares > Authors > Alice B. Fogel
  4. Barrow Street > Winter 2002 Contributors
  5. National Endowment for the Arts > Forty Years of Supporting American Writers > Literature Fellows Archived 2008-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Harbor Mountain Press > Alice Fogel Author Page". Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  7. New Hampshire State Council on the Arts > Arts & Artists > New Hampshire Poet Showcase > Alice Fogel
  8. Alice B. Fogel Website > Vita
  9. "Harbor Mountain Press > Alice Fogel Author Page". Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
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