Background
Minty, Judith Makinen was born on August 5, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Karl Jalmer and Margaret (Hunt) Makinen.
( Walking with the Bear is a life work-a past, present, a...)
Walking with the Bear is a life work-a past, present, and future of renowned Michigan poet Judith Minty's work over the last thirty years. In essence, Minty is writing one long poem from the moment she begins her journey, taking us with her on this road with her intimate vision. Beginning chronologically with selected work from Lake Songs and Other Fears (1974), Yellow Dog Journal (1979, 1981), Letters to My Daughters (1980), In the Presence of the Mothers (1981), Counting the Losses (1986), and Dancing the Fault (1991), Walking with the Bear then continues with new poems, bringing us along the shifting, but never-ending path of Judith Minty's poetry.
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literature and creative writing educator poet
Minty, Judith Makinen was born on August 5, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Karl Jalmer and Margaret (Hunt) Makinen.
Bachelor of Science, Ithaca College, 1957. Master of Arts, Western Michigan University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Michigan Technological University, 1997.
Assistant professor, visiting poet-in-residence Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1977-1978. Associate professor, visiting poet-in-residence Syracuse University, New York, 1979. Professor, poet-in-residence Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1982-1993, professor emerita English, since 1993.
Guest lecturer English Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 1974-1977. Poet-in-prison pilot project Muskegon Correctional Facility, Michigan, 1977. Visiting poet-in-residence Interlochen Center for Arts, Michigan, 1980, University Oregon, Eugene, 1983, University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1994, University Alaska, Anchorage, 1999-2000.
Visiting lecturer English University California, Santa Cruz, 1981-1982.
( Walking with the Bear is a life work-a past, present, a...)
(This collection of poems explores, through the daily life...)
(Book by Minty, Judith)
(Book by Minty, Judith)
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association (syndicated fiction awards 1985, 86, California fiction award 1987), Poetry Society of America, Academy American Poets, Associated Writing Programs, National Audubon Society, Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy.
Married Edgar Sheldon Minty (deceased July 2002). Children: Lora Ann, John Reed, Ann Sheldon.