[Michael Cantor]

A.E. Stallings was among the Guggenheim Fellowship winners announced today. Congratulations, Alicia Elspeth (the downside of winning is that they list your middle name.) Well deserved! Full list of Poetry winners below:

Peter Campion
Claudia Emerson
Paul Guest
Kimberly Johnson
Eleanor Lerman
Maurice Walker Manning
D. A. Powell
Alicia Elsbeth (A. E.) Stallings
Matthew J. Zapruder
Cynthia Rebecca Zarin

[W.F. Lantry]

Congrats, Alicia!

[wendy v]

I've just seen this on her FB page ....

So deserved. Warm congratulations to Alicia.

[Catherine Chandler]

Congratulations, Alicia!

[Janice D. Soderling]

to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."

Certainly true, and I am glad to hear the news.

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

No downside here. Elspeth is a lovely name. The Scottish form of Elizabeth, it means 'chosen by God' or 'consecrated by God'.

Duncan

PS Though I see here: http://www.gf.org/news-events/2011-F...es-and-Canada/
that they spell it Elsbeth. That can't be right, surely?

[Rick Mullin]

Fantastic! Congrats, Alicia!

[Maryann Corbett]

Originally Posted by Duncan Gillies MacLaurin

Though I see here: http://www.gf.org/news-events/2011-F...es-and-Canada/
that they spell it Elsbeth. That can't be right, surely?

Wikipedia gives that spelling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Stallings

(And I see it in other places when I google the spelling itself. Googling "Alicia Elspeth" and "Stallings" returns no hits.)

But that's an awfully minor matter when there's such good news. Kudos to Alicia!

[Susan McLean]

Whoa! That's major. I know some very well-published poets who have applied for it repeatedly and been turned down. It is great to see a formalist making the list, and one so young, at that.

Susan

[R. Nemo Hill]

Congratulations, Alicia!!

Nemo