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Renée Ashley is an American poet, novelist, and educator. Presently on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University and an editor of ''The Literary Review'', Ashley is the author of five collections of poetry, two chapbooks and a novel. Her work has garnered several honours including the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, Pushcart Prize, as well as fellowships granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts. Several of her poems have been published in noted literary journals and magazines, including ''Poetry'', ''American Voice'', ''Bellevue Literary Review'', ''Harvard Review'', ''Kenyon Review'', and ''The Literary Review''〔(Poets & Writers - Directory of Writers: Renee Ashley ). Retrieved December 14, 2012.〕 ==Life and career== Ashley was born in Palo Alto, California and raised nearby in Redwood City.〔 Her father worked infrequently in a ball bearing factory and her mother was a PBX telephone operator and secretary; she was their only child.〔Nagy, Kim. ("A Voice Answering a Voice — A Conversation with Renée Ashley" ) in ''Wild River Review'' WRR 4.4 (August 1, 2007). Retrieved December 22, 2012.〕 In interviews, she describes her parents as being an "anti influence" on her literary pursuits—mentioning that she was raised in a house that had no books and that her mother believed that "if you’re reading you’re not doing anything."〔 Ashley attended San Francisco State University and was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in three majors (in French, English, and Comparative Literature) in 1979. Subsequently, she earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University in 1981.〔(Renee Ashley at work: Bio ). Retrieved December 14, 2012.〕 Ashley came to poetry later in life and by chance. While attending a fiction writing seminar at a writer's conference at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, she was inspired to start writing poetry after "wandering away" and encountering a poetry reading by John Logan (1923–1987).〔 Ashley presently resides in Ringwood, New Jersey〔 and is on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University teaching in the university's graduate degree programmes for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing (2001–present) and Master of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature for Educators (2010–present).〔(Poets & Writers MFA Programs Fairleigh Dickinson University ). Retrieved December 14, 2012.〕〔Fairleigh Dickinson University, (Fairleigh Dickinson University: Creative Writing MFA Faculty ) and (Creative Writing for Educators: Faculty ) Retrieved February 12, 2014.〕 Since 1994, she has been on the faculty of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a large writers conference recently hosted by Stockton University (formerly Richard Stockton College) and Murphy Writing Seminars.〔〔Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway. (Poetry Faculty ). Retrieved February 12, 2014.〕 She previously taught creative writing at Ramapo College (1989–1993) in Mahwah, New Jersey and at Rockland Center for the Arts (1985–1995) in West Nyack, New York.〔 For five years (1997–2002), she was assistant poetry coordinator for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a not-for-profit philanthropic organisation that gives grants to environmental and social projects, educators and artists and operates a biennial four-day poetry festival in New Jersey that is the largest poetry event in North America.〔〔Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival: A Brief Historical Overview ). Retrieved February 12, 2014.〕 For several years, from 2007 until 2014, she was poetry editor of Fairleigh Dickinson University's literary quarterly ''The Literary Review''.〔(The Literary Review - Masthead ). Retrieved December 14, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renée Ashley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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