Patty Paine
Patty Paine (born May 17, 1965) is an award-winning American poet, author and scholar from Vernon, New Jersey based in Doha, Qatar.[1] Paine's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Thrush, Blackbird (journal), The Adroit Journal, Gulf Stream Magazine, Muse/A Journal, and others. Paine is the author of five works of poetry: Grief & Other Animals (Accents Publishing, 2015), The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing, 2012), City of Small Fires (Hysterical Books, 2018), Feral (Imaginary Friend Press, 2012), Elegy & Collapse (Finishing Line Press, 2006); and is the co-editor of two anthologies of Arabian literature. In 2007, Paine established Diode Poetry Journal and later founded the small press Diode Editions in 2012. At Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar, Paine is an Associate Professor and Director of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Published works
Authored works
Books
- Grief & Other Animals. Accents Publishing. 2015 ISBN 978-1-936628-37-7
- The Sounding Machine. Accents Publishing. 2012. ISBN 978-1-936628-11-7
Chapbooks
- City of Small Fires. Hysterical Books. 2018.
- Feral. Imaginary Friend Press. 2012.
- Elegy & Collapse. Finishing Line Press. 2006.
Select poems
- "What Light Does," Blackbird v14n2, 2015.[2]
- "Call and Response," The Adroit Journal, Issue 13.[3]
- "what we made by looking," Waxwing, Issue 12, 2017.[4]
- "a place that bears no scar," Thrush, July 2017. [5]
- "The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice," Verse Daily, 7 July 2018.[6]
- "Memento Mori" and "Vanishing [the window’s lament]," Muse/A Journal, 2016.[7]
- "Dogs," Umbrella Journal, 2007.[8]
- "Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost ||| OCHO #16," The Literary Review.[9]
- "Purple, A Morphology" and "i don't want," pioneertown.[10]
- "this is the nature of that country," AMP Magazine Issue 2.[11]
Select prose
Nonfiction
- "Review | The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok." Blackbird v8n1. 2016 [12]
Interviews
- Abani, C. "A Conversation with Chris Abani." Blackbird v8n1. 2009. [13]
Edited works
Anthologies
- Paine, Patty, and Touati, Samia, editors. Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry. Garnet Publishing & Ithaca Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0863723759
- Hersrud, Michael, and Paine, Patty, and Ulmer, Jesse, editors. The Donkey Lady and Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf. Berkshire Academic Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1907784125
Select translations
- Al Kuwari, Soad. "The Flood." Trans. Fatima Mostafawi with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[14]
- Al Kuwari, Soad. "Modernity in the Desert." Trans. Sara Al Qatami with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[15]
- Al Sindi, Fawzia. "from Less Than Ink." Trans. Bahaa-eddin M. Mazid with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[16]
- Mufarreh, Saadia. "Soon She Will Leave." Trans. Hend Mubarek Aleidan with Patty Paine. Blackbird v9n2, 2010.[17]
- Tarkovsky, Arseny. "Here, a house once stood." Trans. Philip Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev. Ed. Patty Paine. Diode Poetry Journal v7n3, 2014.[18]
Awards and honors
- 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist for Grief & Other Animals (Accents Publishing, 2015)[19]
- 2014 THE WARDROBE’S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE’S “FERAL” [20]
- 2013 Distinguished Achievement for Service Award, VCUarts Qatar[21]
- 2011 Winner of the Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest for The Sounding Machine (Accents Publishing, 2012) [22]
- 2010 Distinguished Achievement in Research Awards, VCUarts Qatar[23]
- 2007 AWP Intro Journal Award[24]
- 2007 Catherine and Joane Byrne Poetry Prize[25]
Select reviews
- "Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman." Anna Journey. Blackbird v5n2. 2006.[26]
- "Review | The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine." Catherine MacDonald. Blackbird v11n2. 2012.[27]
- "Review | Feral, by Patty Paine." Emilia Phillips. Blackbird v11n1. 2012.[28]
- "Review | Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine." Laura Van Prooyen. Blackbird v12n2. 2016. [29]
Interviews
- Doallas, Maureen and Patty Paine. "Interview with Poet Patty Paine (Part 1): Write Fearlessly." tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things. 2014.[30]
- Duotrope and Patty Paine. "Editor Interview: diode poetry journal." Duotrope. 12 January 2012.[31]
- McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals." Accents Publishing Blog. 28 September 2015.[32]
- McCurry, Christopher and Patty Paine. "Plunging into the Depths to Measure." Public Republic. 6 May 2013.[33]
- Montesano, Keith and Patty Paine. "#63 - Patty Paine." First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet. 25 January 2013.[34]
- Schubert, Karen and Patty Paine. "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions." Best American Poetry Blog. 13 December 2014.[35]
Panels
- Mattawa, K., Paine, P., & Lodge, J. "A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa." Blackbird v6n2. 2007.[36]
References
- ^ "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions". Best American Poetry. Best American Poetry. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "What Light Does". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ ""Call and Response". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "what we made by looking". Waxwing. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "a place that bears no scar". Thrush. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "The Taxidermist Takes on an Apprentice". Verse Daily. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Memento Mori and Vanishing [the window's lament]". Muse/A Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Dogs". Umbrella Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Notes On Mirrors, Already Lost OCHO #16". The Literary Review. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Two Poems". Pioneertown. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "this is the nature of that country". AMP. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review The View from Zero Bridge, by Lynn Aarti Chandhok". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "A Conversation with Chris Abani". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "The Flood". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Modernity in the Desert". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "from Less Than Ink". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Soon She Will Leave". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Here, a house once stood". Diode Poetry Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "GRIEF & OTHER ANIMALS". Foreword Reviews. Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "THE WARDROBE'S BEST DRESSED: PATTY PAINE'S "FERAL"". Sundress Publications. Sundress Publications. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Faculty Awards". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar.
- ^ "VCUQatar Professor Wins 2011 Accents Publishing International Poetry Book Contest". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "VCUQatar Faculty Honored". VCUarts Qatar. VCUarts Qatar. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine". Umbrella. Umbrella. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Summer 2007--poetry--Patty Paine". Umbrella. Umbrella. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Chapbook Reviews II: Patty Paine, Cecily Parks, Barbara Tran, Catherine Pierce, and John Allman". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review The Sounding Machine, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review Feral, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Review Grief & Other Animals, by Patty Paine". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "INTERVIEW WITH POET PATTY PAINE (PART 1): WRITE FEARLESSLY". tweetspeak: the best in poetry & poetic things. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Editor Interview: diode poetry journal". Duotrope.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Patty Paine on Grief & Other Animals". Accents Publishing. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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(help) - ^ "Plunging into the Depths to Measure". Public Republic. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "#63 - Patty Paine". First Book Interviews: Continuing the Tradition of Kate Greenstreet. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Meet the Press: Karen Schubert in Conversation with Patty Paine, Editor of Diode Editions". Best American Poetry Blog. Best American Poetry. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "A Conversation with Khaled Mattawa". Blackbird. Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English Creative Writing Program in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc. Retrieved 2020-05-27.