Reginald Gibbons
Encyclopedia
Reginald Gibbons is an American poet
, fiction writer, translator, literary critic, artist
, and Professor of English, Classics, and Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University
. Gibbons has also published numerous essays and reviews, held Guggenheim and NEA
fellowships in poetry, and has won the Anisfield Wolf Book Award, the Carl Sandburg Prize, the Folger Shakespeare Library's 2004 O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
, and other honors, among them the inclusion of his work in Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. His book, Creatures of a Day
, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award
for poetry. His most recent book is Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories (2010).
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...
, fiction writer, translator, literary critic, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, and Professor of English, Classics, and Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. Gibbons has also published numerous essays and reviews, held Guggenheim and NEA
National Endowment for the Arts
The 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...
fellowships in poetry, and has won the Anisfield Wolf Book Award, the Carl Sandburg Prize, the Folger Shakespeare Library's 2004 O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
The O.B. Hardison, Jr., Poetry Prize was awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library to honor a U.S. poet whose art and teaching demonstrated great imagination and daring...
, and other honors, among them the inclusion of his work in Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. His book, Creatures of a Day
Creatures of a Day
Published in 2008, Creatures of a Day is the eighth book of poetry by Reginald Gibbons and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008.- External links :**] page]...
, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
for poetry. His most recent book is Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories (2010).
Career
- Lecturer in creative writing, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(Princeton, NJ), 1976-1980 - Professor of English, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
(Evanston, IL), 1981- - Editor of TriQuarterlyTriQuarterlyTriQuarterly Online is a not-for-profit American literary magazine published twice a year at Northwestern University that features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, literary essays, reviews, a blog, and graphic art....
literary magazine, 1981-1997 - Core faculty member of MFA Program for Writers, Warren Wilson CollegeWarren Wilson CollegeWarren Wilson College is a private four-year work college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, United States near Asheville. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad," which requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred...
(Asheville, NC), 1989- - Co-founder and member of the board of directors, Guild Complex, 1989-
Poetry
- Roofs Voices Roads. (Quarterly Review of Literature, 1979).
- The Ruined Motel. (Houghton, 1981).
- Saints. (Persea Books, 1986).
- Maybe It Was So. (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1991). ISBN 9780226290560 - Sparrow: New and Selected Poems. (LSU Press, 1997). ISBN 9780807122327
- Homage to Longshot O'Leary: Poems. (Holy Cow! Press, 1999).
- It's Time: Poems. (LSU Press, 2002). ISBN 9780807128152
- Creatures of a Day: Poems. (LSU Press, 2008). ISBN 9780807133187
- Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories. (University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 2010). ISBN 9780226290584
Novels
- Sweetbitter: A Novel. (LSU Press, 2003). ISBN 9780807128718
External links
- http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/author.php?auth_id=1693Reginald Gibbons on The Writer's AlmanacThe Writer's AlmanacThe Writer's Almanac is a daily radio and on-line program and podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. It is hosted by Garrison Keillor and is produced and distributed by American Public Media...
] - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=2486Reginald Gibbons at the Poetry FoundationPoetry FoundationThe Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly....
] - The Guild Complex
- Reginald Gibbons web site and poetry blog