Terry Wolverton

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Terry Wolverton (b. 1954) is an American novelist, memoirist, poet, and editor. "Insurgent Muse: life and art at the Woman’s Building," a memoir published in 2002 by City Lights Books, was named one of the “Best Books of 2002” by the Los Angeles Times [ [Los Angeles Times, Lynell George, “Return to the Source; Women gather at the spot where many found their voices in the '70s and blossomed,” September 18, 2002.] ] , and was the winner of the 2003 Publishing Triangle [ [http://www.publishingtriangle.org/ Publishing Triangle ] ] Judy Grahn Award, and a finalist for the Lambda Book Award. Her novel-in-poems "Embers" was a finalist for the PEN USA Litfest Poetry Award [ [http://www.penusa.org/go PEN Center USA | Home ] ] and the Lambda Book Award [ [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/ Lambda Literary Foundation :: Board of Trustees ] ] .

Biography

Born August 23, 1954 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, author and editor Terry Wolverton grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Her grandmother, Elsba Mae Miller, a former English teacher, would often read and recite poetry to her, and Wolverton credits this for inspiring her love of language. Even as a child Wolverton was interested in the arts, especially writing, music, and drama; she graduated from the Performing Arts curriculum of Cass Technical High School in 1972.

Terry Wolverton attended the University of Detroit as a student in its BFA Theatre Program. In 1973, she transferred to the University of Toronto, majoring in Theatre, Psychology, and Women's Studies.

Wolverton participated in Sagaris, an independent institute for the study of feminist political theory, in 1975. She next enrolled in Thomas Jefferson College, an experimental school based at Grand Valley State Colleges in Western Michigan, and participated in its feminist Women, World, and Wonder program.

Wolverton moved to Los Angeles in 1976, enrolling in the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman's Building. She spent the next thirteen years at the Woman's Building where, in addition to writing and performing, she was also instrumental in the Lesbian Art Project, the Incest Awareness Project, the Great American Lesbian Art Show (GALAS), and a White Women's Anti-Racism Consciousness-Raising Group. From 1987-88, she served as the nonprofit organization's Executive Director.

Wolverton has taught performance skills and creative writing since 1977. In 1986, she developed the Visions and Revisions Writing Program at Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres. In 1988, she launched the Perspectives Writing Program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, where she taught until 1997.

In 1997, Wolverton founded [http://www.writersatwork.com Writers at Work] , a creative writing center where she continues to teach fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and to provide creative consultations to writers.

Since 2000, Terry has been a certified instructor of [kundalini] yoga. She lives in Los Angeles.

Books written and edited

Terry Wolverton is the author of:

[http://www.mainstreetrag.com/TWolverton.html "Shadow and Praise"] (2007); [http://www.redhen.org/bookDetail.asp?bookid=127 "Embers"] (2003); [http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100562870 "Insurgent Muse: life and art at the Woman’s Building"] (2002); [http://www.redhen.org/bookDetail.asp?bookid=20 "Mystery Bruise"] (poetry, 1999); Bailey’s Beads (novel, 1997); Black Slip (poetry, 1993)

Edited volumes:

Blood Whispers: L. A. Writers on AIDS (volume 1, 1991; volume 2, 1994)

With Robert Drake:Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers (1991). Hers: Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers (1995)His: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers (1995)Hers 2 and His 2 (1997)Hers 3 and His 3 (1999)Circa 2000: Gay Fiction at the Millennium (2000)Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millennium (2000)

[http://www.redhen.org/bookDetail.asp?bookid=23 "Mischief, Caprice, and Other Poetic Strategies"] (2004; with Sondra Hale) [http://www.womansbuilding.org/fromsite to vision "From site to Vision: the Woman’s Building in Contemporary Culture"] (e-book, 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/wolverton_t.html Terry Wolverton, biographical entry, in glbtq: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, & queer culture]
* [http://www.glbtq.com/sfeatures/interviewtwolverton.html Talking with Terry Wolverton] (1996 interview)
* [http://www.technodyke.com/features/terrywolverton.asp Technodyke Terry Wolverton interview]

* "Terry Wolverton," biography by Susan Silton, "Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook," edited by Sandra Pollack and Denise D. Knight, Greenwood Publishers, Westport, Connecticut. (1993)