Robert Morgan (writer)

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

Robert Morgan
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • poet
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationNorth Carolina State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Greensboro (MFA)
Website
www.robert-morgan.com

Life

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He studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an English major, graduating in 1965, and completed an MFA degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1968.

He has taught at Cornell University since 1971, and was appointed Professor of English in 1984.[1]

Awards

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Bibliography

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Poetry

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Collections
  • 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 978-0-8071-0199-5.
  • 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 978-0-9513614-3-6.
  • 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 978-0-8071-2613-4.
  • Morgan, Robert (2004). The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2951-7.
  • Terroir. New York: Penguin Books. 2011. ISBN 978-0-14-312019-3.
  • Dark Energy. New York: Penguin Books. 2015. ISBN 978-0-14-312806-9.
List of poems
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected
Fern glade 2009 Morgan, Robert (December 2009). "Fern glade". The Atlantic. 304 (5): 74.

Short fiction

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Collections
Stories[4]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
The distant blue hills The Southern Review

Novels

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Non-fiction

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  • Good Measure: Essays, Interviews and Notes on Poetry. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
  • Boone: A Biography, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007, ISBN 978-1-56512-615-2
  • Lions of the West - Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion, Shannon Ravenel Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-56512-626-8

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Morgan". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  2. ^ Daniel Aloi (2007-04-19). "Writer Robert Morgan wins literary prize from American Academy of Arts and Letters". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. ^ Daniel Aloi (2008-09-09). "Kindred writer and spirit Robert Morgan receives 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  4. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
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