Name Bruce Bond | Role Poet | |
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Books The Visible: Poems, For the Lost Cathedral, Blind rain, The Throats of Narcissus, Peal: Poems | ||
Bruce bond reading poetry ekphrasis art
Bruce Bond (born June 25, 1954) is an American poet and creative writing educator at the University of North Texas.
Contents
- Bruce bond reading poetry ekphrasis art
- Anthem by Bruce Bond poem video
- Formal education academic career
- Works
- Honors
- References
"Anthem" by Bruce Bond - (poem video)
Formal education & academic career
Bond earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Pomona College, a Master of Arts degree in English from Claremont Graduate School, and a Masters in Music Performance degree from the Lamont School of Music of the University of Denver. He then worked several years as a classical and jazz guitarist. In 1987, he earned a PhD in English from the University of Denver. Since then, he has taught at the University of Kansas, Wichita State University, Wilfrid Laurier University (in Canada), and the University of North Texas, where he currently is a Regents Professor of English and Poetry Editor, with Corey Marks, of American Literary Review.
Works
Poetry
Criticism:
Immanent Distance: Poetry and the Metaphysics of the Near at Hand, University of Michigan Press (2015).
Bond's poetry has been published by The Best American Poetry, The Yale Review, The Georgia Review, Raritan, The New Republic, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and other journals and anthologies.
Honors
Bond has received numerous honors, including the 2009 Kesterson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, University of North Texas. He is a past fellow of the NEA (2001–2002), the Texas Commission on the Arts (1998), the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (2010), Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (1993; assisted Donald Justice), Wesleyan Writers' Conference, Wesleyan University (1996; assisted Henry Taylor), Sewanee Writers' Conference (1994; assisted Anthony Hecht), the MacDowell Foundation (1993), the Yaddo Corporation (1992), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1989), and other organizations.
1979: Plainspeak Poetry Prize1984 & 1986: Academy of American Poets Prizes1987: Denver Writer's Award — sponsored by the Colorado Federation of the Arts, judged by poet Ray Gonzalez1989: Greensboro Review Literary Award1991: Milton Dorfman Prize — Rome Center1991: Cincinnati Poetry Review Award — sponsored by the University of Cincinnati1994: Billee Murray Denny Award — sponsored by Lincoln College1999 & 2003: River Styx International Poetry Prizes2002: Inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters2011: A William Matthews Poetry Award — sponsored by the Ashville Poetry Review2011: New South Poetry Award2011: The St. Petersburg Review Poetry Award2012: The Knightviille Poetry Award (from The New Guard)1993 to 2011 (each year): 23 Pushcart nominations