Robert Morgan (poet)

Robert Morgan (born 1944) is an American poet, short story writer, novelist.

Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works 3.1 Poetry 3.2 Short stories 3.3 Novels 3.4 Non-fiction 3.5 Essays 4 References 5 External links

Life

He studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, and University of North Carolina Greensboro.

He teaches at Cornell University beginning in 1971.^[1]

Awards

• Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters^[2]
• 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize^[3]

Works

Poetry

• "OPTION", The Atlantic, October 1997
• "Wind From a Waterfall", The Atlantic, September 1999
• "Girdling", The Atlantic, December 1997
• "Holy Cussing", Southern Poetry Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2004
• "Mountain Dulcimer", Poetry, March 1999

• Zirconia Poems. Northwood Narrows, New Hampshire: Lillabulero Press, 1969.
• The Voice in the Crosshairs. Ithaca, New York: Angelfish Press. 1971. 
• Red Owl. New York: Norton, 1972.
• Land Diving. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1976. ISBN 9780807101995. 
• Trunk & Thicket. Fort Collins, Colorado: L’Epervier Press, 1978.
• Groundwork. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1979.
• Bronze Age. Emory, Virginia: Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
• At the Edge of the Orchard Country. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
• Sigodlin. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. 1990. 
• Saints on islands: poems. Indigo. 1991. ISBN 9780951361436. 
• Green River: New and Selected Poems. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1991.
• Wild Peavines: New Poems. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1996.
• Topsoil Road: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780807126134. 
• Morgan, Robert (2004). The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9780807129517. http://books.google.com/books?id=vjHjSdPqTpwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Robert+Morgan+(poet)#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Morgan%20(poet)&f=false. 

Short stories

• "The Distant Blue Hills," The Southern Review.

• Morgan, Robert (1989). The Blue Valleys: A Collection of Stories. Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 9780743204224. http://books.google.com/books?id=lLswzG6kcgEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Robert+Morgan%22#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• The Mountains Won’t Remember Us and Other Stories. Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers, 1992.
• Morgan, Robert (1994). The Hinterlands: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin. ISBN 9780895871787. http://books.google.com/books?id=rmRhLDUKHmsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Robert+Morgan%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• The Balm of Gilead Tree and Other Stories. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press. 1999. ISBN 9780917788734. 

Novels

• Gap Creek. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 1999. ISBN 9780743203630. 
• Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2003. ISBN 9781565123564. 
• The Truest Pleasure. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 1995. ISBN 9781565121058. 
• This Rock. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2001. ISBN 9781565123038. 

Non-fiction

• Boone: A Biography, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007, ISBN 978-1565126152
• Lions of the West - Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion, Shannon Ravenel Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1565126268

Essays

• Good Measure: Essays, Interviews and Notes on Poetry. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993.

References

External links

• "Author's website"

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