Greg Miller (poet)

Infobox Writer


imagesize = 150px
name = Greg Miller
caption = From back cover of "Mississippi Sudan"
birthdate = 1957
birthplace = Kentucky, United States
occupation = poet, academic
nationality = American
genre = poetry, literary criticism.

David Gregory Miller (1957 - ) was born in Kentucky. His poems have appeared in "The Paris Review", "The Chicago Review", "Open City", "Tikkun", and other journals. He has written three books of poetry. He teaches English at Millsaps College in Mississippi.

Professional History

Miller has been a writing fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Yaddo and MacDowell Colonies in the United States, and at the [http://www.camargofoundation.org/aboutus.asp Camargo Foundation] and the [http://www.camac.org/ver2/proto/ CAMAC Centre d’Art] in France. Miller was named Mississippi Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Having served as chair of the English Department and President of the Faculty Council, Miller is a professor of English at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi; he received his Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Berkeley, his M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University and his B.A. in French Literature and Political Science from Vanderbilt University. Miller currently serves as chair of the Sudanese Ministry Committee of the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Mississippi, and he has edited and published, with the help of his students, a pamphlet of personal stories by Sudanese refugees entitled " [http://www.millsaps.edu/news_events/releases/february/thelongjourneycompletecolor.pdf The Long Journey: Sudanese Refugees in Mississippi Tell Their Stories] ".

Works

Poetry

* "Iron Wheel" (1998) University of Chicago Press
* "Rib Cage" (2001) University of Chicago Press
* "Mississippi Sudan" (2006) by [http://www.mercyseatpress.com/ Mercy Seat Press]

Literary Criticism

* "The Language of Love in the Poetry of George Herbert and Emily Dickinson" (1992) doctoral dissertation at University of California, Berkeley
* "Scribal and Print Publication: The Case of George Herbert's English Poems" (Fall 1999 / Spring 2000) " [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/george_herbert_journal/ George Herbert Journal] ", Volume 23, Numbers 1 & 2
* "Glorious, Afflicting, Beneficial": Triangular Romance and Dickinson's Rhetoric of Apocalypse" (Fall 2002) "The Emily Dickinson Journal", Volume 11, Number 2
* "George Herbert’s ‘Holy Patterns’: Reforming Individuals in Community" (June 2007) [http://www.continuumbooks.com/Subjects/default.aspx?CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&SubjectID=997 Continuum Literary Studies]

Works On Line

* " [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/527980.html Glass House] "
* " [http://www.geocities.com/bjlandry_00/Otherwriters/millerhome.html Home] "
* " [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/528006.html Pastoral] "
* " [http://www.jacksonprogressive.com/literature/gregmiller.html Three Poems] "
* "Iron Wheel" excerpts available on [http://books.google.com/books?id=SxzX_hExLCcC&pg=PA5&sig=dRgsxoVnwLjTeV6ESHpAFaF5EBg#PPP1,M1 Google Book Search]
* "Rib Cage" excerpts available on [http://books.google.com/books?id=bXWvb-hkcYAC&printsec=frontcover&sig=dN3Vsr1ftjGZASmsOXTpIKOMPi8#PPP1,M1 Google Book Search]

Persondata
NAME = Miller, David Gregory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Miller, Greg
SHORT DESCRIPTION = American poet and academic
DATE OF BIRTH = 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH = Kentucky, United States
DATE OF DEATH = Still alive
PLACE OF DEATH = Still alive.