Christopher Buckley (poet)
Encyclopedia
Christopher Buckley is an American poet
.
Buckley was born in Arcata, California
. He graduated from St. Mary's College
with a BA, San Diego State University
with a MA, and University of California, Irvine
with an MFA.
He taught at Fresno State University, University of California, Santa Barbara
, Murray State University
, West Chester University. and University of California, Riverside
.
He married painter Nadya Brown.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
.
Buckley was born in Arcata, California
Arcata, California
-Demographics:-2010 Census data:The 2010 United States Census reported that Arcata had a population of 17,231. The population density was 1,567.4 people per square mile...
. He graduated from St. Mary's College
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
with a BA, San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
with a MA, and University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
with an MFA.
He taught at Fresno State University, University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, Murray State University
Murray State University
Murray State University, located in the city of Murray, Kentucky, is a four-year public university with approximately 10,400 students. The school is Kentucky’s only public university to be listed in the U.S.News & World Report regional university top tier for the past 20 consecutive years...
, West Chester University. and University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
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He married painter Nadya Brown.
Awards
- 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
- Fulbright Award in Creative Writing
- four Pushcart Prizes
- 2001 and 1984 NEANational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
grants in poetry
Works
- "Sky", UPNE
- Blue autumn: poems, Copper Beech Press, 1990, ISBN 9780914278535
- Dark matter: poems, Copper Beach Press, 1993, ISBN 9780914278627
- Star Apocrypha, Northwestern University Press, 2001, ISBN 9780810151130
- Greatest hits, 1978-2000, Pudding House Publications, 2001, ISBN 9781930755499
- And the sea: poems, Sheep Meadow Press, 2006, ISBN 9781931357333
- Modern history: prose poems 1987-2007, Tupelo Press, 2008, ISBN 9781932195682
Memoir
- Cruising state: growing up in southern California, University of Nevada Press, 1994, ISBN 9780874172478
Editor
- How much earth: the Fresno poets, Editors Christopher Buckley, David Oliveira, M. L. Williams, Heyday Books, 2001, ISBN 9780966669176
- The geography of home: California's poetry of place, Editors Christopher Buckley, Gary Young, Heyday Books, 1999, ISBN 9781890771195
External links
- "Transparent Art: an interview with christopher buckley ", Chattahoochee Review