Mary Buchinger Bodwell, PhD
Professor of English and Communication Studies
School
School of Arts and Sciences
Department
School of Arts and Sciences
Office Location
Fennell 211
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.732.2131
About
Mary Buchinger Bodwell is the author of five books of poetry and her work has been published in over a hundred literary journals. Her poetry is permanently installed in Cambridge, where she lives and served as Poetry Ambassador, and was chosen for the Boston Raining Poetry Project. She has received an MCPHS University Scholarship Award for Discovery and another for Integration, as well as a School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Award. She serves on the board of the New England Poetry Club (founded in 1915 by Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Conrad Aiken) and is actively engaged in the poetry community. Originally from rural Michigan, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador and earned a doctorate in linguistics from Boston University.
Education
- Ph.D. Linguistics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
- M.A. Linguistics and TESOL, The Ohio University
- B.S. English and Elementary Education, Northern Michigan University
Research Interests
- Poetry
- Interpersonal Communication
- Writing Pedagogy
- Discourse Analysis
Programs
Education
- Ph.D. Linguistics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
- M.A. Linguistics and TESOL, The Ohio University
- B.S. English and Elementary Education, Northern Michigan University
Research Interests
- Poetry
- Interpersonal Communication
- Writing Pedagogy
- Discourse Analysis
Programs
Publications
Books
- Buchinger, M. (2023). Navigating the Reach. Salmon Poetry [Ireland]. salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=586&a=367
- Buchinger, M. (2022). Virology. Lily Poetry Review Books. lilypoetryreview.blog/lily-poetry-review- press/virology-by-mary-buchinger/
- Buchinger, M. (2018). e i n f ü h l u n g/in feeling. Main Street Rag Press. mainstreetragbookstore.com/?s=buchinger
- Buchinger, M. (2015). Aerialist. Gold Wake Press, shortlisted for the May Swenson Poetry Award, the OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry, and the Perugia Press Prize. goldwake.com/books/aerialist/
Chap Books
- Buchinger, M. (2021). / klaʊdz /. Lily Poetry Review Books. lilypoetryreview.blog/lily- poetry-chapbooks/klaudz-by-mary-buchinger/
- Buchinger, M. (2008). Roomful of Sparrows. Semi-Finalist in the New Women’s Voices Series, Finishing Line Press.
Awards and Honors
- 2022 Editor's Choice, Solstice Literary Journal Nomination, Best of the Net, Empty House Review
- 2021 MCPHS School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Award Nomination, Best of the Net, River Heron Review
- Beals Prize for Poetry, Third Place, judges: bg Thurston, Candace Curran, Susan Middleton 2020 Sabbatical, one semester, MCPHS University
- Nomination, Best of the Net, Whale Road Review
- Finalist, Permafrost Book Prize in Poetry (University of Alaska, Fairbanks), judged by Elizabeth Bradfield
- Finalist, Elyse Wolf Chapbook Prize, judged by Slate Roof Press editors
- Semi-Finalist, The Hillary Gravendyk National Book Prize, sponsored by the Inlandia Institute, judged by Maureen Alsop and Megan Gravendyk-Estrella
- 2019 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize, semi-finalist, (top 10% out of over 2000 entries)
- 2018 Winner, Cambridge Arts Council Sidewalk Poetry Contest (permanent installation) Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Semi-Finalist
- 2017 Pushcart Nominations (5 poems)
- Finalist, Glass Lyre Press, (full-length manuscript)
- Poem selected for Raining Poetry in Boston and installed on Boston sidewalks Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Semi-Finalist
- 2016 Jane Lumley Prize, Honorable Mention (poem), selected by E. Kristin Anderson
- Best of the Net Nomination ,Border Crossing Journal Brittany Noakes Award, (poem), Finalist
- Gold Wake Press, Finalist
- Cider Press Review, Long list (top 20) Cambridge Poetry Ambassador
- Residency, Norton Island Artist Residency, Maine Pushcart Prize Nomination, poem
- Best of the Net Nomination, poem
- Brittany Noakes Poetry Award, Finalist, poem
- Charter Oak Award for Best Historical, First Place, poem Luminaire Award for Best Poetry, Third Place, poem Emily Stauffer Poetry Prize, Runner-up, poem
- Gretchen Warren Award, Honorable Mention, Poem Bright Hill Press, First Runner-Up, chapbook
- Gold Wake Press, Semi-Finalist, full-length 2015 Pushcart Prize Nomination, poem
- Charter Oak Award for Best Historical, Finalist, 2 poems Luminaire Award for Best Poetry Prize, Finalist, poem Five Oaks Press, Finalist
- Jacar Press Chapbook Award, Semi-Finalist
- Mary Ballard Poetry Prize, Quarterfinalist and Semifinalist
- MCPHS University Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Nominee
- 2014 Perugia Press Prize for a First or Second Book,
- Semi-Finalist May Swenson Poetry Award, Utah State University, Finalist
- Mary Ballard Poetry Prize, Quarterfinalist Eastern Point Literary Press, Finalist
- MCPHS University Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Nominee
- 2013 The OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry, Semi-Finalist
- MCPHS University Faculty Research/Scholarship Award; Scholarship of Integration Toadlily Press Chapbook Contest, Finalist
- 2012 Tupelo Press, Open Reading, Remarkable Read
- AbleMuse Book Award, Quarterfinalist,
- 2011 Firman Houghton Award, New England Poetry Club. Prize $250 Permafrost Chapbook Contest, University of Alaska, Fairbank, Finalist 2010 Sabbatical, one semester, MCPHS University
- 2009 Nominee and Finalist, Cambridge Poet Populist
- Nominee and Candidate, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award ($30,000) Best New Poems Online (poem)
- 2008 MCPHS Faculty Research/Scholarship Award, Scholarship of Discovery 2007 New Women’s Voices in Poetry Prize (chapbook manuscript), Semi-Finalist Robert Warren Penn Award (poem), Commendable
- 2006 Robert Warren Penn Award (poem), Honorable Mention The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review Contest (two poems), Semi-Finalist Poetry Society of Virginia (poem), Second Prize, $30
- Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize (book-length manuscript), Near Finalist
- 2005 The Comstock Review Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest, Honorable Mention
- New England Poetry Club, Daniel Varoujan Award; Marge Piercy, judge, Winner. Prize $1000.
2004 Cambridge Poetry Award (poem), Winner - 2003 Ploughshares’ Emerging Writers Issue (selection of poems), Nominee
Funded Grants
- Cambridge Poetry Ambassador, Cambridge Arts Council [Proposal solicited, December 2015; accepted January 2016] ($250)
- Norton Island Artist Residency [applied March 2016] 10 days (room and board and transportation to and from Island) June-July 2016
- Poetry Workshop at the West Branch of the Somerville Library. Somerville Arts Council (supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council) Co-Author with Linda Haviland Conte ($500) 2005
- Drafting a Dialogue in ESL: Learning to Write, Learning to Respond
- Practitioner Research Communication and Mentoring Grant (PRCM), The Spencer Foundation, Principal Investigator and Project Director ($40,850) 2001-2003
- Conversation as Teaching and Learning: The Social Construction of Knowledge, Practice, and Identity. Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education, The Spencer Foundation Principal Investigator ($17,000) 1996-1997
- Graduate Scholarship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts ($5,000) 1996-1997
- Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts ($48,000; tuition and stipend) 1990-1992
- Graduate Appointment: Teaching Associate, The Ohio University, Athens, OH ($20,000; tuition and stipend) 1988-1990
Memberships/Affiliations
New England Poetry Club (President, 2016-2022; Board Member 2022-present)
College English Association
Associated Writing Programs