Pattie McCarthy


Pattie McCarthy is an American poet and educator.

Education and early life

McCarthy completed undergraduate work at Towson University and received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1998.

Poetic style and influences

McCarthy's poetry has been noted for its use of medieval subjects, references, and imagery, in addition to "re-visioning historical texts and re-voicing what has suffered omission from sanctioned history." More recent work has focused on tensions between public and private selves and day-to-day domesticities. When interviewed, McCarthy has listed Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Cole Swensen, and Anne Waldman as influential to her own work and style.

Career

McCarthy teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University. She has also taught at Loyola University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Towson University.

Personal life

McCarthy lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband, poet Kevin Varrone, and three children.

Works by McCarthy

Books of poetry
Chapbooks
McCarthy was a Pew Fellow in the Arts in 2011. In 2013, she was an artist resident at the in Nova Scotia.

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