- Charles Fort (poet)
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Charles Fort (born 1951 New Britain, Connecticut) is an American poet.
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Life
Fort graduated from Bowling Green State University with an MFA in 1977.[1] He taught at the University of Nebraska at Kearney as The Distinguished Paul W. Reynolds and Clarice Kingston Reynolds Endowed Chair in Poetry (1997–2007) ,[2][3] and Xavier University of Louisiana.[4] He currently teaches at University of Nebraska Low Residency MFA Program,[5][6]
His work has appeared in Callaloo,[7] The Georgia Review, Connecticut Writer's Anthology, Road Apple Review, White lade, and Argo.
Awards
- 1994 winner of the Open Voice Award by The Writer's Voice
- MacDowell Fellowship
- Poetry Society of America award
- 1985 Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize [8]
- The Mary Carolyn Davis Memorial Award
Works
- "American Gargoyle", Oyster Boy Review 13
- "The Magic Man Held a Blue Crystal Ball", Oyster Boy Review 13
- Afro Psalms, University of Nebraska at Kearney Press
- Frankenstein Was a Negro. Morris Pub. February 1, 2002. ISBN 9780967412313.
- The poet's wife: in memorium. s.n.. 2002. ISBN 9780979100246.
- Immortelles: poems. University of Nebraska Press at Kearney. 2000.
- Darvil: prose poems. St. Andrews Press. 1993. ISBN 9780932662583.
- The town clock burning: poems. St. Andrews Press. 1985. ISBN 9780932662545.
- We Did Not Fear The Father: New and Selected Poems (Red Hen Press)
- Mrs Belladonna's Supper Club Waltz (Backwaters Press)
Anthologies
- Yusef Komunyakaa, David Lehman, ed (2003). "The Vagrant Hours". The Best American poetry. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743203883. http://books.google.com/books?id=2q9oWkyMh54C&pg=PA63&dq=Charles+Fort+(poet)&ei=t9PqSsWrGoGyNNjyyPsL#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Fort%20(poet)&f=false.
References
- ^ http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/creative-writing/books-by-grads.html
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_at_Kearney
- ^ http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/fort.htm
- ^ http://www.xula.edu/review/assets/pdf/volume%201%20numbers%201%20and%202.pdf
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.unomaha.edu/unmfaw/Faculty/Faculty.php#fort
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GJ7XTA
- ^ http://www.sleepycreek.org/poetry/judgesadult/judgesadult2008.htm
External links
Categories:- 1951 births
- People from New Britain, Connecticut
- American poets
- Bowling Green State University alumni
- Living people
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