Albert Goldbarth
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Albert Goldbarth is an American poet born January 31, 1948 in Chicago. He is known for his prolific production, his gregarious tone, his eclectic interests and his distinctive 'talky' style. He has been a Guggenheim fellow and won the National Book Critics Circle
award in 1991 and 2001, the only poet to receive the honor two times. He also won the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Foundation, in 2008.
Goldbarth received his BA from the University of Illinois
in 1969 and his MFA from the University of Iowa
in 1971. He is currently distinguished professor of Humanities at Wichita State University
, and he teaches in the Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Converse College.
National Book Critics Circle
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award in 1991 and 2001, the only poet to receive the honor two times. He also won the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Foundation, in 2008.
Goldbarth received his BA from the University of Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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in 1969 and his MFA from the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
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in 1971. He is currently distinguished professor of Humanities at Wichita State University
Wichita State University
Wichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
, and he teaches in the Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Converse College.
Works
- Coprolites (1973, poetry)
- Opticks (1974, poetry)
- Comings Back (1976, poetry)
- Curve, Overlapping Narratives (1977, poetry)
- Different Fleshes, a Novel/Poem (1979, poetry)
- Ink, Blood, Semen (1980, poetry)
- Faith (1981, poetry)
- Who Gathered and Whispered Behind Me (1981, poetry)
- Arts & Sciences (1986, poetry)
- Sympathy of Souls (1990, essays)
- Delft (1990, essay-poem)
- Popular Culture (1990, poetry)
- Heaven and Earth, A Cosmology (1991, poetry)
- The Gods (1993, poetry)
- Marriage, and Other Science Fiction (1994, poetry)
- Great Topics of the World, Essays (1994, essays)
- Adventures in Ancient Egypt (1996, poetry)
- A Lineage of Ragpickers, Songpluckers, Elegiasts & Jewelers (Time Being Books, 1996)
- Beyond (1998, poetry)
- Many Circles (2001, essays)
- Pieces of Payne (2001, novel)
- Saving Lives (2001, poetry)
- Combinations of the Universe (2003, poetry)
- Budget Travel through Space and Time (Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
, 2005, poetry) - Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems 1972-2007 (Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
, 2007, poetry) - To Be Read in 500 Years: Poems (Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
, 2009, poetry)