Background
Schoenberger, Nancy Jane was born on December 3, 1950 in Oakland, California, United States. Daughter of Sigmund Bernard and Betty Ellen (Beydler) Schoenberger.
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Schoenberger, Nancy Jane was born on December 3, 1950 in Oakland, California, United States. Daughter of Sigmund Bernard and Betty Ellen (Beydler) Schoenberger.
Bachelor of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1972; Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1974; Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1981.
Instructor, U. Montana, Missoula, 1975-1978;
editor, Columbia, A Magazine of Poetry & Prose, Columbia University, New York City, 1980-1981;
associate producer, New York Center for Visual History, New York City, 1981-1982;
program director, Academy American Poets, New York City, 1982-1988;
executive director, Academy American Poets, New York City, 1988-1989;
writer-in-residence, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989-1990;
adjunct assistant professor, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1990. Consultant Montana Committee for Humanities, 1976-1978. Visiting artist Poetry in the Schools, Missoula, 1978-1979.
Instructor creative writing workshop Academy American Poets, since 1983. Assistant professor adjunct poetry workshop Columbia University, since 1988. Presenter poetry readings, resident Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington, 1984,Rockefeller Found's Bellagio Study and Conference Center, 1985.
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Member Poetry Society of America (Mary Carolyn Davies Memorial award 1984).
Married Sam Kashner, August 8, 1989.