Title Page | Collection Summary | History of the Collection | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1947, Oct. 21 | Born, Albany, Tex., as Florence Leah Anthony |
1969 | B.A., Oriental studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Began using "Ai" as a pen name |
1971 | M.F.A., University of California, Irvine, Calif. |
1973 | Published Cruelty; Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Changed name legally to Pelorhankhe Ai L'Heah Ogawa |
1973-1974 | Visiting instructor, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, N.Y. |
1976 | Married Lawrence M. Kearney (divorced 1984) |
1976-1977 | Assistant professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. |
1977-1978 | Assistant professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. |
1978 | Awarded the Lamont poetry selection for Killing Floor: Poems by the Academy of American Poets |
1979 | Published Killing Floor: Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
1981 | Writer in residence, The Writer's Community, New York, N.Y. Writer in residence, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. |
1986 | Published Sin: Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
1987 | Received the American Book Award for Sin: Poems |
1987-1988 | Visiting poet, George Mason University Visiting poet, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. |
1988-1989 | Visiting associate professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. |
1990 | Visiting poet, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. |
1991 | Published Fate: New Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Writer in residence, The Writer's Voice Project |
1993 | Published Greed. New York: W.W. Norton |
1994-1998 | Wrote "Black Blood: A Tale of Love, Death, Race, and Sex" (unpublished novel) |
1996-1997 | Visiting associate professor of English, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. |
1998-1999 | Substitute teacher, Tucson School District, Tuscon, Ariz. |
1999 | Published Vice: New and Selected Poems. New York: W.W. Norton Awarded National Book Award for Vice: New and Selected Poems |
1999-2010 | Professor, Creative Writing Program, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. |
2000-2001 | Vice president, Native American Faculty and Staff Association, Oklahoma State University |
2001-2002 | President, Native American Faculty and Staff Association, Oklahoma State University |
2002-2003 | Visiting chair, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Tex. |
2003 | Published Dread. New York: W.W. Norton |
2004-2005 | Vice president, Native American Faculty and Staff Association, Oklahoma State University |
2010, Mar. 10 | Died, Stillwater, Okla. |
2010 | Publication of No Surrender. New York: W.W. Norton |