J. D. McClatchy

J.D. "Sandy" McClatchy (1945-) is an American poet, literary critic, and editor of the Yale Review.

Life

McClatchy was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1945. He was educated at Georgetown and Yale, from which he received his Ph.D. in 1974. He lives in Stonington, Connecticut. His partner is graphic designer Chip Kidd. [Citation
last = Kennedy
first = Sean
title = Kidd dynamite: the first collection of book jackets by Chip Kidd prompts the question "would there be books without him?" An exclusive talk with the out designer
newspaper = The Advocate
date = 2005-11-22
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2005_Nov_22/ai_n15893347
accessdate=2008-01-24]

Career

McClatchy is Professor of English literature at Yale University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His book "Hazmat" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002) was nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize.

He edits the "Voice of the Poet" series for Random House AudioBooks; and has written texts for musical settings, including eight opera libretti, for such composers as William Schuman, Ned Rorem, Lorin Maazel,Bruce Saylor, Lowell Liebermann, and Elliot Goldenthal. His honors include an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also been one of the New York Public Literary Lions, and received the 2000 Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award. He received the 1991 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, and served as an Academy Chancellor from 1996 until 2003.

With UCLA professor and poet Stephen Yenser, McClatchy serves as co-executor for the literary estate of James Merrill (1926-1995).

Bibliography

Poetry

*Division of Spoils: Selected Poems (Arc, 2003)
*Hazmat, Alfred A. Knopf: Random House, 96 pages, April 2004
*Ten Commandments, Random House, Inc., 120 pages, December 1999
*The Rest of the Way (Knopf, 1992).
*Stars Principal (Macmillan,1986).
*Scenes from Another Life (Braziller,1981).

Criticism

*American Writers at Home, Photographs by Erica Lennard, Library of America, 240 pages, October 2004
*Twenty Questions, Columbia University Press, 200 pages February 1998
*White Paper (Columbia UP, 1989).

As Editor
*The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry, Random House, Inc, 654 pages, May 1996
*Christmas Poems, Edited by John Hollander and J. D. McClatchy, Random House, Inc , cloth , 256 pages, October 1999
*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings (Library of America), Library of America, 854 pages, August 2000
*Bright Pages: Yale Writers, 1701-2001, Yale University Press, 540 pages, April 2001
*Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems, Random House, Inc, 256 pages,May 2001
*Poems of the Sea, Random House, Inc, 256 pages, November 2001
*Collected Poems by James Merrill, Edited by Stephen Yenser and J. D. McClatchy, Alfred A. Knopf: Random House, 912 pages, November 2002
*The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, Second Edition,Vintage Books: Random House, 736 pages, April 2003
*Allen Ginsberg: The Voice of the Poet, Random House, Inc, March 2004
*Frank O'Hara: The Voice of the Poet, Random House, Inc., March 2004
*W.H. Auden: The Voice of the Poet, Random House, Inc., March 2004
*Horace, the Odes: New Translations by Contemporary Poets by Horace, Edited by J. D. McClatchy and Nicholas Jenkins, Princeton University Press, 320 pages, April 2005
*Poets of the Civil War, Library of America, 250 pages, April 2005
*The Changing Light at Sandover: A Poem by James Merrill, Edited by J. D. McClatchy and Stephen Yenser, Alfred A. Knopf: Random House, 608 pages February 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.interviews-with-poets.com/jd-mcclatchy.html Biography at "Between the Lines"]