Pamela Johnson Parker

Adjunct Faculty

"Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs—no regular hours, so many temptations!" – Elizabeth Bishop

"Sit there until you get there." – Pamela Johnson Parker

Pamela Johnson Parker, photos courtesy of Jon Erickson, Vanderbilt University

Photos courtesy of Jon Erickson, Vanderbilt University

Education

M.F.A., Creative Writing

Murray State University

M.A., English

Murray State University

B.A., History

Murray State University

Books

A Walk Through The Memory Palace. Phoenicia Publishing, 2009.

Other Four-Letter Words. Finishing Line Press, 2010.

Highlighted Publications

Best New Poets 2011, as judged by D.A. Powell

Poetry: Anti-, Oranges and Sardines, Poets and Artists, Ocho, Iron Horse Literary Review, Alligator Juniper, Centrifugal Eye, Fried Chicken and Coffee

Broadsides: Blue Fifth Review, Broadsided

Creative Nonfiction: Muscadine Lines: A Journal of the South

Anthologies: The River Anthology, Poets on Painting

Areas of Specialization

Contemporary American Poetry

Creative Writing

Ekphrasis and Literary Pictoralism

Forms of Fiction

Courses Taught

Composition and Research

Forms of Fiction

Humanities

Introduction to Creative Writing

Introduction to Poetry

Special Topics: Late Twentieth-Century Poetry

Awards and Distinctions

Finalist, Sarabande Prize, 2013

Alligator Juniper Poetry Prize Selection, 2013

Runner-up, the Linda Bruckheimer Award, Sarabande, 2010

Winner of the qarrtsiluni chapbook contest for A Walk Through The Memory

Palace, 2009.

Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writer’s Conference

Pushcart Nominations: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

Best of the Net Nomination, 2009

Contact

Pamela Johnson Parker

7A-6 Faculty Hall

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341

270-809-4846

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