Maya Pindyck

Maya Pindyck (born 1978)[1] is an American poet, scholar, and visual artist. She is director of writing and a professor at Moore College of Art and Design.[2]

Biography

Pindyck grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, United States and Tel Aviv, Israel,[3] attending K-12 schools in both Boston and Tel Aviv.[4] She is Jewish, and was raised secular.[5] She earned her Bachelor of Arts in fine arts and philosophy from Connecticut College. She has a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and a PhD in English education from Columbia University's Teacher's College.[6] Her chapbook Locket, Master earned her a fellowship from the Poetry Society of America.[7] She has shared that creating visual art is what first led her into poetry.[8]

She is a director of writing and a professor of liberal arts at Moore College of Art and Design.[2]

Her favorite writers include Sherman Alexie, Anne Carson, and Lucille Clifton.[4]

Recognition

Pindyck has received several grants,[7] including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 2019.[6][9] She was awarded the 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry.[6][9]

Her collection Friend Among Stones won New Rivers Press' Many Voices Project Award.[10]

Works

Pindyck is the author of the following works:[9]

She has had poems published in Granta (Hebrew edition), Los Angeles Review, Massachusetts Review, Pleiades, Quarterly West, and Seneca Review.[9]

Pindyck is also a visual artist, and has exhibited her work in galleries in the United States and Germany.[1][9] She also created the cover art for Philadelphia-based Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's album Hysterical.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Maya Pindyck (American, born 1978)". artnet. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Maya Pindyck: PhD Director of Writing, Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts". moore.edu. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Meet the Poets". Forward.com. April 14, 2011. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Maya Pindyck: Integratives Faculty Spotlight". parsons.edu. September 8, 2017. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Marmer, Jake (April 13, 2011). "Four Questions for Poetry Month". Forward.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022. I was raised in an intellectual, secular household; we only observed High Holidays, and loosely. Though my family is very much Jewish, we never identified as religious. My Jewish background is cultural and historical.
  6. ^ a b c d "Maya Pindyck: 2019 Poetry". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Maya Pindyck". KHN Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "New American Poets: Maya Pindyck". Poetry Society of America. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022. I set my left foot on the path of poetry while making visual art.
  9. ^ a b c d e Beavers, Jefferson (February 22, 2022). "Pennsylvania author wins 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry". Fresno State News. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "Maya Pimdyck". Painted Bride Quarterly. October 27, 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  11. ^ Gerard-Reimer, Chandler (October 4, 2011). "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah deserve no applause for new album". The Foothill Dragon Press. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022. Indie pop band, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, released their newest article, "Hysterical." Credit: Maya Pindyck