Nationality American Books Spot in the dark | Role Poet Name Beth Gylys | |
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Occupation Poet, Professor of English and Creative Writing Alma mater Alleghany College, BASyracuse University, MAUniversity of Cincinnati, PhD Education | ||
Beth gylys song of an x and through the glass breakup night at kgb 2 8 2012
Beth Ann Gylys (born 1964 Passaic, New Jersey) is a poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia State University. She has published five poetry collections, three of which have won awards.
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- Beth gylys song of an x and through the glass breakup night at kgb 2 8 2012
- Beth Gylys on Common Good Atlanta 2015
- Early life and education
- Career
- Events
- Personal life
- Awards
- Collections of poems
- Anthology appearances
- References
Beth Gylys on Common Good Atlanta (2015)
Early life and education
Gylys grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Allegheny College with a bachelor's degree in 1986. She went on to receive a master's degree from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from University of Cincinnati. She has also attended the Stonecoast Writers Conference in Portland, Maine.
Career
Gylys formerly taught at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. She is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia State University. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, The New Republic, The Antioch Review, and The Columbia Review.
Events
Gylys' poem "Erratic Gardener" was featured on an episode of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion in 1999. Her book of personal ads, titled Matchbook, has been set to music by composer Dan Welcher. She was a featured guest poet at the January 2013 meeting of the Georgia Poetry Society.
Personal life
She is married to Thomas Forsthoefel who is Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst College and the Erie County, PA, Poet Laureate.