Mary Szybist

Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities

Miller 429, MSC: 58
Office Hours:

Spring 2024: Tuesdays 11:30-1:30.

Mary Szybist is Associate Professor of English at Lewis & Clark College. She is most recently the author of Incarnadinewinner of the 2013 National Book Award for Poetry. 

She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress.  Her work has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes and has been supported by residencies at the MacDowell Colony and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy. Her first book Granted won the 2004 GLCA New Writers Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.  

Mary grew up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Virginia and the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. She has called Portland home since 2004.

Specialty

Poetry Writing

Academic Credentials

MFA 1996 University of Iowa, MT 1994. BA 1992 University of Virginia

Teaching

Spring 2024: 

ENG 201: Poetry 1

ENG 401: Poetry 3

Location: Miller Hall