Gail Beckwith Mazur

Background

Mazur, Gail Beckwith was born on November 11, 1937 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Manuel and Sylvia Mildred (Rosenberg) Beckwith.

Education

Bachelor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1959. Master of Arts, Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983.

Career

Poet-in-residence Emerson College, Boston, 1979—1980. Mentor Lesley College, Cambridge, 1983—1984. Member faculty University Massachusetts, Boston, 1985, 1991.

Director Blacksmith Poetry Program, Cambridge, 1973—2002. Member faculty Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, since 1995. Member faculty Master of Fine Arts program Vermont College.

Visiting lecturer Wellesley College, 1986. Member faculty graduate writing program University Houston, 1988—1989. Writer-in-residence Emerson College, since 1996, distinguished writer-in-residence, since 2004.

Visiting assistant professor University California, Irvine, 2003.

Achievements

• Gail Beckwith Mazur has been listed as a noteworthy poet, educator, journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pose of Happiness

    (Book by Mazur, Gail)

  • Nightfire (A Godine poetry chapbook ; 3d ser)
  • Pose of Happiness 1st edition by Mazur, Gail (1994) Paperback

Membership

Member.faculty U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1985, 91. Member of faculty graduate writing program U. Houston, 1988-1989. Member of the board, writing committee Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown, 1990.

Member Poetry Society American (Celia Wagner prize 1981), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Americans, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association New England (member steering committee since 1983), New England Writers (member steering committee), New England Writers for Survival.

Connections

Married Michael Burton Mazur, December 28, 1958. Children: Daniel Isaac, Kathe Elizabeth.

Father:

Manuel Beckwith

Mother:

Sylvia Mildred (Rosenberg) Beckwith

Spouse:

Michael Burton Mazur

child:

Kathe Elizabeth Mazur

child:

Daniel Isaac Mazur