Michael Glaser

For the actor Paul Michael Glaser, see Paul Michael Glaser.

Michael S. Glaser (born 1943 Chicago, Illinois) served as Poet Laureate of Maryland, from August 2004 through August 2009.

He graduated from Denison University with a B.A. and from Kent State University with a M.A. and Ph.D. He began teaching at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1970, retired and became a Professor Emeritus in 2008.^[1] He lives in St. Mary's City with his wife, Kathleen, and is the father of five grown children and grandfather of nine grandchildren.

Awards and accolades

He served as head of the Division of Arts and Letters, and chair of the English department at St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he co-founded and directed the bi-annual Literary Festival and the annual Voices reading series. ^[2] He is a recipient of the Homer Dodge Endowed Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Columbia Merit Award from the Poetry Committee of the Greater Washington, D.C. area for his service to poetry. Glaser, a widely sought speaker and workshop leader, has served as a Maryland State Arts Council poet-in-the-schools for over 20 years and also serves as a speaker with the Maryland Humanities Council.

Works

• A Lover’s Eye (The Bunny & Crocodile Press)
• In the Men’s Room and Other Poems, which was the winner of the 1996 Painted Bride Quarterly chapbook competition.
• Being a Father' July 2004
• Fire Before the Hands won the 2007 Anabiosis Press chapbook contest.
• Remembering Eden Finishing Line Press 2008
• Disrupting Consensus was winner of he 2009-2010 Teacher's Voice chapbook competition.

Edited

• The Cooke Book (1989)
• Weavings2000: The Maryland Millennial Anthology^[3]

References

1. ^ Dickson Mercer (April 3, 2009). "Poet Laureate: At 66, Michael S. Glaser has never been so prolific". Southern Maryland News. http://ww2.somdnews.com/stories/04032009/weektop133405_32184.shtml. 
2. ^ http://www.depoetry.com/poets/200712/glasermichael.html
3. ^ Michael S. Glaser Poet Laureate

Preceded by Michael Collier

Poet Laureate of Maryland 2004-2009

Succeeded by Stanley Plumly

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