Greg Glazner
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Hardin-Simmons UniversityHardin-Simmons University
Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...
, and the University of Montana, with an M.A. and M.F.A.
His work has appeared in Poetry, Ironwood, The Laurel Review, New England Journal, Pequod, Quarterly West, The Southern Poetry Review, and The Texas Review. He works on music/poetry projects with his band, Zeno's Run.
He was the Richard Hugo Visiting Writer at the University of Montana in 2002. He taught at the College of Santa Fe
College of Santa Fe
Santa Fe University of Art and Design is an institution of creative and performing arts based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The university offers programs in creative writing, theatre, art, graphic design, moving image arts , music, and photography, based on a liberal arts core curriculum...
. He co-edited the magazine Countermeasures. Unfortunately, the College of Santa Fe has now closed down and Countermeasures is now defunct.
Awards
- 1991 Walt Whitman Award chosen by Charles Wright
- Bess Hokin Award from Poetry
- Lannan Foundation residency in Marfa
- 2005 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...
Fellowship
Ploughshares
External links
- Audio: Greg Glazner reads "A Fine, Clean Gloss" from Singularity (1996, W. W, Norton)