Donora Shaw | |
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Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | King's College, Rutgers University-Camden, Wilkes University, Wayne State University |
Period | 2006 – present |
Donora Shaw (née Hillard) is an American writer and editor. She was first made notable in the fields of institutional critique and trauma studies, specifically for her first full-length collection of poetry published when she was 27 years old. [1] Her projects have appeared on CNN, [2] WBEZ Chicago, [3] and MSNBC. [4]
Shaw is the author of several works of hybrid text, poetry, and theory: Parapherna (2006), Exhibition (2008), Theology of the Body (2010), Covenant (2012), and The Aphasia Poems (2014). In 2015, her play The Plagiarist was produced in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read initiative. [5] She has also modeled in book trailers. In 2016, Cobalt Press published her most recent full-length poetry book, Jeff Bridges.
Shaw was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "Home for me," Shaw has said of the rural setting of her upbringing, "is being lost in the woods with people telling stories about something terrible all around you." [6] Some of her earliest works of poetry were recognized locally. [7]
Shaw later matriculated at King's College, where she would become President of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, and attain a membership to the Aquinas Society, the King's College honor society. [8]
After completing her BA in English from King's College (Pennsylvania) in just under three years, Shaw went on to pursue an MA in creative writing with a fellowship from Rutgers University-Camden. She would later finish that degree and also receive her MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University in 2008.
It was during her tenure as an English instructor at a private Roman Catholic high school near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she had the experiences that would later inform Theology of the Body.
In 2014, while teaching composition and literature at Lawrence Technological University near Detroit, Shaw's work The Aphasia Poems was published by S▲L.
After moving to Northeast Ohio, Shaw completed the requirements for her PhD in English from Wayne State University.
Following the sudden and unexpected death of her mother in June 2019, Shaw relocated back to Pennsylvania.
She is married to Cameron Shaw, with whom she has two children including a son through marriage.
In January 2021, Shaw announced via her website that she was pregnant for the first time. On July 15, 2021, she gave birth to a daughter, Merrin.
Donora Shaw | |
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Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | King's College, Rutgers University-Camden, Wilkes University, Wayne State University |
Period | 2006 – present |
Donora Shaw (née Hillard) is an American writer and editor. She was first made notable in the fields of institutional critique and trauma studies, specifically for her first full-length collection of poetry published when she was 27 years old. [1] Her projects have appeared on CNN, [2] WBEZ Chicago, [3] and MSNBC. [4]
Shaw is the author of several works of hybrid text, poetry, and theory: Parapherna (2006), Exhibition (2008), Theology of the Body (2010), Covenant (2012), and The Aphasia Poems (2014). In 2015, her play The Plagiarist was produced in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts' The Big Read initiative. [5] She has also modeled in book trailers. In 2016, Cobalt Press published her most recent full-length poetry book, Jeff Bridges.
Shaw was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "Home for me," Shaw has said of the rural setting of her upbringing, "is being lost in the woods with people telling stories about something terrible all around you." [6] Some of her earliest works of poetry were recognized locally. [7]
Shaw later matriculated at King's College, where she would become President of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, and attain a membership to the Aquinas Society, the King's College honor society. [8]
After completing her BA in English from King's College (Pennsylvania) in just under three years, Shaw went on to pursue an MA in creative writing with a fellowship from Rutgers University-Camden. She would later finish that degree and also receive her MFA in creative writing from Wilkes University in 2008.
It was during her tenure as an English instructor at a private Roman Catholic high school near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she had the experiences that would later inform Theology of the Body.
In 2014, while teaching composition and literature at Lawrence Technological University near Detroit, Shaw's work The Aphasia Poems was published by S▲L.
After moving to Northeast Ohio, Shaw completed the requirements for her PhD in English from Wayne State University.
Following the sudden and unexpected death of her mother in June 2019, Shaw relocated back to Pennsylvania.
She is married to Cameron Shaw, with whom she has two children including a son through marriage.
In January 2021, Shaw announced via her website that she was pregnant for the first time. On July 15, 2021, she gave birth to a daughter, Merrin.