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Diane Glancy
, 1941-
Diane Glancy was born in 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained a M.A. degree from Central State University in 1983 and an M.F.A from the University of Iowa in 1988. She is known for works in which she uses realistic language and vivid imagery to address such subjects as spirituality, family ties and her identity as a person of mixed blood. She is a poet, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and educator. She is assistant professor of English at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Awards and Honors
Pegasus Award , Oklahoma Federation of Writers, 1984.
Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Theatre - Playwriting/Scriptwriting) Award, 1997.
Online resources by or about Diane Glancy:
Claiming Two Worlds: Native City Arts Interview with Diane Glancy
Author: Mark Anthony Rolo
Type: authorbio
Description: This May 1997 issue of Native City Arts from The Circle News has a interview with Glancy about two-thirds of the way down the page.
URL: http://thecircleonline.org/5.97/NCA.html
Diane Glancy
Type: authorbio
Description: This page is part of a series from Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color produced by the Department of English and Programs in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Included is an in-depth biography, selected bibliography and related links.
URL: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/DianeGlancy.html
Diane Glancy
Author: Diane Glancy and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Glancy.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/glancy/
Diane Glancy, English Department, Macalester College
Author: Macalester College
Type: authorbio
Description: Glancy's home page on the Macalester web site includes lists of her books, publications in literary journals, professional presentations, and awards.
URL: http://www.macalester.edu/~glancy/
Diane Glancy: Native American Women Playwrights Archive
Author: Native American Women Playwrights Archive
Type: authorbio
Description: Bill Wortman's site at Miami University lists plays and other publications by Diane Glancy, as part of a larger website honoring the works of Native American women playwrights.
URL: http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/nawpa/Glancy.html
Diane Glancy: The Conversation of Writing
Author: Macalester College
Type: authorbio
Description: Information about Diane Glancy from Macalester College, including a color photo of the author.
URL: http://www.macalester.edu/~admissns/academics/glancy.html
A Trellis in the Snow
Author: Diane Glancy
Type: etext
Description: A poem written by Diane Glancy, as published in Three Candles, an online poetry journal.
URL: http://www.threecandles.org/archive/dglancy.html
Women of Spirit: Diane Glancy
Author: Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical information about Glancy, from an online exhibit of featuring Glancy and Susan Firer. Includes photo, and links to excerpts from her works.
URL: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Library/special/exhibits/women-spirit/glancy1.html
Books by Diane Glancy:
Glancy, Diane. (Ado)ration
Tucson, Ariz. : Chax Press, 1999.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 59 p. ; p., 22 cm.
ISBN: 0925904260
Glancy, Diane. Claiming breath
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 115 p. ; 23 cm.
Literary collections.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0803221401
Glancy, Diane. The closets of heaven
Tucson, Ariz. : Chax Press, 1999.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 105 p. : p., 1 ill. ;, 22 cm.
ISBN: 0925904279
Glancy, Diane. The cold-and-hunger dance
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Genre: Autobiography
Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0803221738
Glancy, Diane. Drystalks of the moon
Tulsa, OK : Hadassah Press, 1981.
Audience: Adult
Glancy, Diane. Firesticks : a collection of stories
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 142 p. ; 20 cm.
Series : American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v.5. Contents : The first Indian pilot--Jack Wilson or Wovoka and Christ my Lord--The crosswalk at Galtier ParkA family to which nothing happenedA phenomenon of lightFiresticks--Stamp dance--The alligator kingAn American proverb--Polar breathChelly ReppProverb, American--Animal (trans)formations.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0806124903
Glancy, Diane. Flutie : a novel
Wakefield, R.I : Moyer Bell, 1998.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 130 p. ; 20 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 1559212128
Glancy, Diane. Fuller man : a novel
Wakefield, R.I : Moyer Bell, 1999.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 190 p. ; 20 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 1559212713
Glancy, Diane. Iron woman
Minneapolis, Minn. : New Rivers Press, 1990.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 62 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes : "Selected by Nicholas Christopher as the 1988 Capricorn Poetry prize winner."
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0898231280
Glancy, Diane. Lone Dog's winter count
Albuquerque, NM : West End Press, 1991.
Genre: Poetry / Short stories
Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Literary collections.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0931122643
Glancy, Diane. Monkey secret
Evanston, Ill. : TriQuarterly Books, 1995.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 116 p. ; 22 cm.
GirlsFiction
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0810150166
Glancy, Diane. Offering : poetry & prose
Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, 1988.
Genre: Poetry / Fiction
Description: 71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Foreword by Simon J. Ortiz. Illustrations by Terry John Swabey.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0930100204
Glancy, Diane. One age in a dream
Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 1986.
Description: 98 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Illustration by Jay Moon. Notes : "Lakes and Prairies Award book."
ISBN: 0915943204
Glancy, Diane. The only piece of furniture in the house : a novel
Wakefield, R.I. : Moyer Bell, 1996.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 159 p. ; 20 cm.
Texas--Fiction. Louisiana--Fiction.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 1559211830
Glancy, Diane. Pushing the bear : a novel of the Trail of Tears
New York : Harcourt Brace, 1996.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 241 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Cherokee IndiansFiction. Trail of Tears, 1838--Fiction. Cherokee Indians19th century--Fiction.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0151002258
Glancy, Diane. The relief of America
Chicago : Tia Chucha Press, 2000.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 66 p. : p., ill. ;, 23 cm.
ISBN: 1882688236
Glancy, Diane. Trigger dance
Boulder : Fiction Collective Two, 1990.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: 137 p. ; 23 cm.
Short stories.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 093251135x / 0932511368
Glancy, Diane. Two worlds walking : short stories, essays, & poetry by writers with mixed heritages
New York : New Rivers Press, 1994.
Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Essays
Description: 308 p. ; 23 cm.
Co-edited by C.W. Truesdale. American literature--Minority authors
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0898231493
Glancy, Diane. The voice that was in travel : stories
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Genre: Short Stories
Description: x, 116 p. ; 23 cm.
Series : American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 33.
Audience: All Ages
ISBN: 0806131578
Glancy, Diane. War cries
Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, 1997.
Genre: Drama
Description: 339 p. ; 23 cm.
Introduction by Kimberly Blaeser.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0930100549
Glancy, Diane. The west pole
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Genre: Fiction
Description: 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Indians of North America--Literary collections. Indians of North America--Civilization.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0816628947
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