Pattie McCarthy
Pattie McCarthy is an American poet and educator.
Biography
McCarthy completed undergraduate work at Towson University and received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1998.McCarthy's poetry has been noted for its use of medieval subjects, references, and imagery, in addition to "re-visioning historical texts and re-voicing what has suffered omission from sanctioned history." More recent work has focused on tensions between public and private selves and day-to-day domesticities. When interviewed, McCarthy has listed Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Cole Swensen, and Anne Waldman as influential to her own work and style.
McCarthy teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University. She has also taught at Loyola University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Towson University.
McCarthy lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband, poet Kevin Varrone, and three children.
Awards and honors
McCarthy was a Pew Fellow in the Arts in 2011. In 2013, she was an artist resident at the in Nova Scotia.Works
Books of poetry
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- Wifthing ISBN 9781733137522 OCLC
Chapbooks
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