presents
Fishing Underground
by
Elaine Preston
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In this textbook, Preston takes the poet step-by-step through the process
of poetry, from creation through practice writings to presentation of the
polished form to an audience and editor. Emphasis on pre-crafting,with
a touch of humor thrown in, allows readers the freedom to laugh at themselves
as they develop an effective poem. Tips on how to give and receive critiques,
sample exercises, and various drafts by other poets enable the reader to
visualize all the aspects of a poem.
Raised in South Carolina, Elaine Preston is Professor of English at the Western Campus of Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, N.Y. A member of Pennwriters, Poets and Writers, and Long Island Poetry Collective, she is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Fellowship in Linguistics at the University of South Carolina, an Andrew Mellon Fellowship at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, two Special Opportunity Stipend Awards from the N.Y. Foundation for the Arts (1994, 1996), and the N.Y. State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In addition to being a frequent workshop coordinator at con-ferences and retreats and a recent poet-in-residence at the Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center in Wellsboro, PA, she has read widely in the NY metropolitan area and has appeared on television and radio.
Her poetry has been published in numerous journals, including the NY Quarterly, Mississippi Valley Review, Zone 3, LI Quarterly, Color Wheel, Mink Hills Journal, Poets On, Verve, Treasure House, ELF:Eclectic Literary Forum, Passager, Peregrine, Journal of Poetry Therapy, and Comstock Review.
Preston is the author of Look for a Field to Land, a collection of poetry published by Bridge Works Publishing of Bridgehampton, N.Y. (1994). She received first prize in The Devil’s Millhopper 1996 Kudzu Poetry Contest, second prize and honorable mention in two “Art in the Air” poetry contests, and honorable mentions in the 1996 Passager Poet Contest, the Treasure House Dedicated Poets’ Competition, and the National League of American Pen Women/Portland’s National Poetry Contest.
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