Background
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Born August 1, 1949, Iowa City, Iowa
Education:
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Washington University: Ph.D. 1976, diss. "Principles of Free Verse"; M.A. with Creative Thesis 1972
Harvard University: A.B. magna cum laude 1971; Senior Thesis on Bob Dylan
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Connecticut College: Professor of English (1991-), Poet in Residence and Co-Director of Creative Writing. Faculty Parliamentarian (2002-). Visiting Associate Professor (1984-1990), Associate Professor (1990-1991). Advanced and beginning courses in the writing of poetry; modern poetry, contemporary poetry, science fiction, poetry and music.
College Year in Athens, Director Connecticut College SATA-Greece, Fall 1997.
Moscow State Linguistic University, exchange professor of poetry and language, Spring 1993.
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Connecticut College Summer Course, "Poetry and Music," 1991.
Northeastern University (Spring 1985). Graduate course in technical writing.
University of Washington: Assistant Professor (1979-1982), Associate Professor (1982-84). Graduate and undergraduate courses in modern and contemporary British and American poetry and fiction; writing of poetry; prosodic history; science fiction; composition; theory of metaphor.
Northwestern University: Lecturer (1976-1979). Courses in writing of poetry; seminars on Eliot and Williams, prosody, poetry and song, metaphor.
Washington University: Teaching Assistant (1972-1975). Freshman courses in poetry and song, novels of the sixties, composition.