Michael Glaser (poet)

Michael S. Glaser is the current Poet Laureate for the state of Maryland. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943, Glaser received his B.A. from Denison University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University. He began teaching at St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1970. He lives in St. Mary's City with his wife, Kathleen, and is the proud father of five grown children and six grandchildren.

Awards and accolades

Michael S. Glaser was named Poet Laureate of Maryland by the Governor in August, 2004. Dr. Glaser 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. 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 has also serves as a speaker with the Maryland Humanities Council.

Works

Works include "A Lover’s Eye" (The Bunny & Crocodile Press), and "In the Men’s Room and Other Poems", which was the winner of the 1996 Painted Bride Quarterly chapbook competition. His most recent collection of poems, "Being a Father", was published in July 2004. In 2007 his chapbook, "Fire Before the Hands" won the Anabiosis Press Chapbook Contest and in July his Chapbook, "Remembering Eden" will be published by Finishing Line Press. Glaser has also edited two anthologies of Maryland poets, "The Cooke Book" (1989) and "Weavings2000: The Maryland Millennial Anthology". [ [http://www.smcm.edu/poet/ Michael S. Glaser Poet Laureate] ]

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