Nathalie F. Anderson (born July 28, 1948) is an American poet and librettist. She is a 1993 Pew Fellow, and author of several books of poetry: Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Held and Firmly Bound (a chapbook), Stain, and Rough. In collaboration with composer Thomas Whitman, she has authored five libretti: The Black Swan, Sukey in the Dark, A Scandal in Bohemia.,Thomas Whitman and Nathalie Anderson talk about A Scandal in Bohemia The Royal Singer, and Cassandra. Whitman and Anderson have also collaborated on the choral piece Babylon.
Life Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Anderson earned her bachelor's degree from Agnes Scott College in 1970, her master's degree from Georgia State University, and her Ph.D. degree from Emory University.Swarthmore College Bulletin - Nathalie Anderson
She has been teaching at Swarthmore College since 1982 and is currently a Professor Emerita in their Department of English Literature. She served as Director of their Program in Creative Writing as well as a Poet in Residence at the Rosenbach Museum & Library.Swarthmore College Bulletin - Nathalie Anderson
Anderson runs Philadelphia's literary event listserv, Lit-Philly.
Some of Anderson's work has been featured in various print and online journals: Atlanta Review, Poetry Daily,Poetry Daily's Featured Poet for April 28, 2012 Fox Chase Review,2010 Winter/Spring Fox Chase Review Natural Bridge, The New Yorker,Eh? by Nathalie Anderson Paris Review, The Recorder: The Journal of American Irish Historical Society,The Recorder, volume 22, no. 2 - Four poems by Nathalie Anderson in this issue Prairie Schooner, Denver Quarterly, Nimrod, Inkwell Magazine, The Louisville Review, and Southern Poetry Review.
On November 8, 2012, University of Pennsylvania's Kelly Writers House inaugurated the Eva and Leo Sussman Poetry Program with poetry readings by featured guest writers and instructors, Nathalie Anderson, Elaine Terranova, and Joan Hutton Landis.Inauguration of the Eva and Leo Sussman Poetry Program including readings by Nathalie Anderson, Elaine Terranova and Joan Hutton Landis. Audio and Video clips of the event can be found here.
Awards 1998 Washington Prize from Word Works for Following Fred Astaire 2000 "Slow Airs" - Grand Prize Co-Winner in Inkwell Magazine's poetry competition for 2000"Slow Airs" appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Inkwell Magazine 2004 "Squeeze" - Finalist for the James Hearst Poetry Prize, published in the North American Review 2005 The Robert McGovern Publication Prize, Ashland University, Ashland Poetry Press, for CrawlersRobert McGovern Publication Prize for Crawlers.
Works
Poetry books
Anderson, Nathalie (2017). Held and Firmly Bound. Chapin, SC: Muddy Ford Press. Anderson, Nathalie (2017). Stain. Washington, D.C.: The Word Works. Anderson, Nathalie (2024). Rough. Washington, D.C.: The Word Works.
Anthology appearances
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