Charles Harper Webb

Charles Harper Webb is an American poet, professor, psychotherapist and former singer and guitarist. His most recent poetry collection is Shadow Ball (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009). His honors include a Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship,^[1] The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize and inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2006.^[2] His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Paris Review, and Ploughshares.^[3][4][5] Webb was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Houston. He earned his B.A. in English from Rice University, and an M.A. in English from the University of Washington,^[6] and an M.F.A. in Professional Writing and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California. He teaches at California State University, Long Beach, where he received a Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award and the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and he lives in Long Beach, California.^[7][8]

Honors and awards

• 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship^[9]
• 1999 Felix Pollack Prize, for Liver
• 1998 Whiting Writer's Award^[10]
• 1998 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, for Reading the Water
• 1997 Morse Poetry Prize, for Reading the Water
• Academy of American Poets Prize

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

• Shadow Ball (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009)
• Amplified Dog. Red Hen Press. 2006. ISBN 9781597090223. 
• Hot Popsicles. University of Wisconsin Press. 2005. ISBN 9780299209940. http://books.google.com/?id=MmMtIotQH2MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Charles+Harper+Webb. 
• Tulip farms and leper colonies: poems. BOA Editions, Ltd.. 2001. ISBN 9781929918157. http://books.google.com/?id=9MwgGRE5xiIC&dq=Charles+Harper+Webb&printsec=frontcover. 
• Liver. University of Wisconsin Press. 1999-09-14. ISBN 9780299165741. http://books.google.com/?id=H9oAsEghlPYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Charles+Harper+Webb. 
• Reading the Water. Northeastern University Press. 1997. ISBN 9781555533250. 
• A Weeb for All Seasons. Applezaba Press. 1992. ISBN 9780930090586. 
• Poetry That Heals (Red Wind Books, 1991)
• Everyday Outrages (Red Wind Books, 1989)^[11]
• Zinjanthropus Disease (Querencia Press, 1978)^[12]

Anthologies Edited

• Stand-Up Poetry: An Expanded Anthology (University of Iowa Press, 2002)
• Stand-Up Poetry: The Anthology (California State University Press, 1994)
• Stand-Up Poetry: The Poetry of Los Angeles and Beyond (Red Wind Books, 1990)^[11]

References

1. ^ California State University > Newsline Archives > May 7, 2001 > CSULB English Professor Charles Harper Webb Receives Prestigious 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship
2. ^ The Best American Poetry 2006 Table of Contents
3. ^ The American Poetry Review > November/December 2003 > Vol. 32, No. 6 Online Edition
4. ^ Ploughshares > Authors > Charles Harper Webb
5. ^ Paris Review > No. 168, Winter 2003
6. ^ PoetryNet > Poet of the Month > November 2001 > Charles Harper Webb
7. ^ Poets & Writers > Directory of Writers > Charles Harper Webb
8. ^ Poem of the Week > Charles Harper Webb Bio
9. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows
10. ^ Whiting Foundation > Past Recipients of the Whiting Writers Awards
11. ^ ^{a b} Library of Congress Online Catalog > Charles Harper Webb
12. ^ Open Library > Catalog > Zinjanthropus Disease

External links

• Interview: Poem of the Week > Oct. 12, 2007 > An Interview with Charles Harper Webb by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
• Audio: "Silent Letters". Cortland Review. November 1998. http://www.cortlandreview.com/issuefive/webb5.htm. 
• Poem: "What We Believe". Jacket 10. October 1999. http://jacketmagazine.com/10/webb-c-h.html. 
• Poem: Poetry Foundation > The Animals are Leaving by Charles Harper Webb
• Poem: "Funktionslust". Virginia Quarterly Review: 512–513. Summer 1999. http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1999/summer/webb-funktionslust/. 
• Essay: "The Pleasure Of Their Company: Voice And Poetry". Cortland Review. SPRING 2006. http://www.cortlandreview.com/features/06/spring/webb_e.html. 
• Author Website

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