John Wheatcroft
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John Wheatcroft (born in 1925), informally known as Jack Wheatcroft, is an American writer and former teacher.
A novelist, poet, and playwright, Wheatcroft's works have appeared in The New York Times and the Beloit Poetry Journal. He was born in 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and served in the United States Navy in World War II.[1] Wheatcroft attended Temple University, Rutgers University, and Bucknell University, where he graduated in 1949. He began teaching in Bucknell's English department in 1952. He founded and directed the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets in 1985 and was the first director of Bucknell's Stadler Center for Poetry. He also served as a juror for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[2] A professor emeritus since 1996, Wheatcroft has continued to write and be published since his retirement.
[edit] Bibliography
- Prodigal Son (1967)
- Ofoti (1970) ISBN 0-498-07680-6
- Ordering Demons (1981) ISBN 0-8453-4720-9
- Catherine, Her Book (1983) ISBN 0-8453-4742-X
- Slow Exposures (1986) ISBN 0-8453-4735-7
- The Beholder's Eye (1987) ISBN 0-8453-4724-1
- Our Other Voices: Nine Poets Speaking (1991) ISBN 0-8387-5196-2
- Killer Swan (1992) ISBN 0-8453-4836-1
- Mother of All Loves (1994) ISBN 0-8453-4849-3
- Trio with Four Players (1995) ISBN 0-8453-4856-6
- The Education of Malcolm Palmer (1997) ISBN 0-8453-4863-9
- Random Necessities (1999) ISBN 0-8453-4867-1
[edit] References
- ^ Bucknell University, About Bucknell, noted from WRC Interview, 4/96; Bucknell World, September-October 1981.
- ^ Pulitzer.org, 1996 digital archive of jury list.
