# Rusty Morrison

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**Rusty Morrison** (born July 12, 1956) is an American poet and publisher. She received a BA in English from [Mills College](/source/Mills_College) in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland,_California), an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from [Saint Mary's College of California](/source/Saint_Mary's_College_of_California) in [Moraga, California](/source/Moraga,_California), and an MA in Education from [California State University, San Francisco](/source/California_State_University,_San_Francisco). She has taught in the MFA program at the [University of San Francisco](/source/University_of_San_Francisco) and was Poet in Residence at Saint Mary’s College in 2009. She has also served as a visiting poet at a number of colleges and universities, including the [University of Redlands](/source/University_of_Redlands), the [University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona), [Boise State University](/source/Boise_State_University), [Marylhurst University](/source/Marylhurst_University), and [Millikin University](/source/Millikin_University). In 2001, Morrison and her husband, Ken Keegan, founded [Omnidawn Publishing](/source/Omnidawn_Publishing) in [Richmond, California](/source/Richmond,_California), and continue to work as co-publishers. She contracted [Hepatitis C](/source/Hepatitis_C) in her twenties but, like most people diagnosed with this disease, did not experience symptoms for several years. Since then, a focus on issues relating to disability has developed as an area of interest in her writing.

## Honors and awards

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

- 2022: Adelle Foley Award from [PEN Oakland](/source/PEN_Oakland_awards)
- 2012: Fellowship Award for a four-week Residency at the Vermont Studio Center
- 2010: Dorset Prize, Tupelo Press, selected by Jane Hirshfield, for *After Urgency*[1]
- 2009: Poet in Residence, MFA in Creative Writing Program, Saint Mary’s College, Spring 2009[2]
- 2009: [George Bogin Memorial Award](/source/George_Bogin_Memorial_Award), Poetry Society of America, selected by John Yau[3]
- 2009: Northern California Book Award for Poetry (for *the true keeps calm biding its story*)[4]
- 2008: [James Laughlin Award](/source/List_of_winners_of_the_James_Laughlin_Award), Academy of American Poets, selected by Rae Armantrout, Claudia Rankine, and Bruce Smith (for *the true keeps calm biding its story*)
- 2007: Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Ahsahta Press, Boise State University, Idaho, selected by Peter Gizzi (for *the true keeps calm biding its story*)
- 2007: Alice Di Castagnola Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Susan Howe (for manuscript in progress: *the true keeps calm biding its story*)[5]
- 2006: Cecil Hemley Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Cal Bedient[6]
- 2004: Colorado Prize for Poetry, The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, selected by Forrest Gander (for *Whethering*)[7]
- 2003: Robert H. Winner Award, Poetry Society of America, selected by Ron Padgett[8]
- 2002: Lori & Deke Hunter Fellowship (five week residency), Djerassi Resident Artists Program

## Published works

### Full-length poetry collections

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

- 2014: *Beyond the Chain Link*. Ahsahta Press. February 1, 2014. ISBN 978-1934103463.
- 2012: *After Urgency*. Tupelo Press. April 30, 2012. ISBN 978-1932195415.
- 2011: *Book of the Given*. Noemi Press. April 30, 2012. ISBN 978-1934819098.
- 2008: *the true keeps calm biding its story*. Ahsahta Press. January 1, 2008. ISBN 978-0-916272-98-2.
- 2004: *Whethering*. Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University. 2004. ISBN 978-1-885635-07-5.

### Chapbook collections

- 2011: *Book of the Given*. Noemi Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-934819-09-8.

### Periodicals and anthologies

Morrison's work has been included in an anthology for the literary study of disability, titled *Beauty is a Verb*. Morrison’s poems have also appeared in literary journals and magazines including *American Poetry Review, Boston Review*,[9] *Chicago Review*,[citation needed] *Colorado Review*,[10] *Gulf Coast, Lana Turner*,[11] *New American Writing*,[12] *Pleiades*,[13] *Verse*, and *VOLT*. Her critical writings and creative nonfictions have been published in journals including *Chicago Review, Denver Quarterly, Poetry Flash*,[14] *Verse,* and in the anthology *One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe* (Sarabande 2010).[15]

## References

1. ["> 2009 Contest Winners"](http://www.tupelopress.org/prizewinners2009.php). Tupelo Press. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. [Saint Mary’s College > MFA in Creative Writing > Visiting Faculty](http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/academics/schools/school-of-liberal-arts/departments-programs/mfa-creative-writing/visiting-faculty.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110612081722/http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/academics/schools/school-of-liberal-arts/departments-programs/mfa-creative-writing/visiting-faculty.html) June 12, 2011 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Poetry Society of America > Winners List"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200313193423/https://poetrysociety.org/winners-ninetynine_poems.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.poetrysociety.org/winners-ninetynine_poems.html) on 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

1. [Poetry Flash > Northern California Book Awards](https://web.archive.org/web/20090714035303/http://www.poetryflash.org/NCBA.09.html)

1. ["Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners"](http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/winners/#ali_fay_di_cas_awa). Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners"](http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/winners/#cec_hem_mem_awa). Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["Colorado Prize for Poetry > Previous Winners"](http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/category/bookstore/prize-for-poetry/). Coloradoreview.colostate.edu. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["Poetry Society of America > Awards > Past Winners"](http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/winners/#rob_h_win_mem_awa). Poetrysociety.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["*Boston Review* November/December 2007"](http://bostonreview.net/BR32.6/morrison1.php). Bostonreview.net. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["*Standards* > Contributor Bios"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111225025011/http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V7N1/contributors.html). Colorado.edu. Archived from [the original](http://www.colorado.edu/journals/standards/V7N1/contributors.html) on December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["SPDBooks.org"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110929134416/http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/24632/lana-turner-a-journal-of-poetry-and-opinion.aspx). SPDBooks.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/24632/lana-turner-a-journal-of-poetry-and-opinion.aspx) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["*New American Writing*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120107230023/http://newamericanwriting.com/current.htm). Newamericanwriting.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.newamericanwriting.com/current.htm) on January 7, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. ["*Pleiades* > Volume 23, Number 2"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111225075601/http://www.ucmo.edu/pleiades/back_issues/). Ucmo.edu. Archived from [the original](http://www.ucmo.edu/pleiades/back_issues/) on December 25, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

1. [*Poetry Flash* #287](https://web.archive.org/web/20030419000651/http://www.poetryflash.org/archive.287.Morrison.html)

1. ["> *One Word: Contemporary Writers on the Words They Love or Loathe*"](http://www.sarabandebooks.org/?page_id=3975). Sarabande Books. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

## External links

- ["Echo Mirrors (or playing telephone on paper) & A Revisioning Process", *Small Press Distribution*](http://www.spdbooks.org/Pages/Item/445/a-revisioning-process-rusty-morrison.aspx)
- ["entry 7"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090927091303/http://www.emilydickinson.org/titanic/material/three/morrison1.html). *Titanic Operas*. Archived from [the original](http://www.emilydickinson.org/titanic/material/three/morrison1.html) on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ["please advise stop", *Coconut Poetry*](http://www.coconutpoetry.org/morrison1.htm)
- ["AN INTERSECTION OF LEAVES NOT LIKENESS", *Verse Magazine*, December 17, 2007](https://versemag.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-3-poems-by-rusty-morrison.html)
- Rusty Morrison's review ["'the exact temperature of a hand': Melissa Kwasny and the Mystical Imagination" in *Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts* (25.1)](http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=2&si=49&s=3052).
- ["The eyes", *fascicle*, issue 2](https://web.archive.org/web/20080704105456/http://www.fascicle.com/issue02/poems/morrison1.htm)
- ["On My Mother's Death"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144000/http://www.conjunctions.com/webcon/morrison08.htm). *Conjunctions*. Archived from [the original](http://www.conjunctions.com/webcon/morrison08.htm) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ["Window (closed)"](http://www.pw.org/content/quotwindow_closedquot_rusty_morrison). *Poets & Writers*. 2004.
- ["Prologue"](http://bostonreview.net/BR29.5/morrison.php). *Boston Review*. October–November 2004.

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