Discipline: Literature

Cynthia Macdonald

Discipline: Literature
Region: Houston, TX
MacDowell Fellowships: 1984
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Cynthia Lee Macdonald (1928-2015) was an American poet, educator, and psychoanalyst. She earned a B.A. in English from Bennington College in 1950 and pursued studies in voice at the Mannes School of Music in 1951-1952. She pursued a career in opera and concert singing from 1953-1966. After changing her focus to poetry, Macdonald received a master's degree in writing and literature from Sarah Lawrence College. Macdonald taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence University and the Univerity of Houston. She also co-founded the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston with fellow poet Stanley Plumly in 1979, where she taught until her retirement in 2004.

Studios

Heyward

Cynthia Macdonald worked in the Heyward studio.

The Lodge Annex, a wing on the west side of the men’s dormitory (The Lodge), was completed in 1926. Initially intended as an apartment for a caretaker, the space was soon repurposed as a live-in studio for writers. In recognition of a major endowment gift from the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Foundation, Lodge Annex was…

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