Ronald Wallace (poet)

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Name Ronald Wallace		Role Poet

Books For a limited time only, The uses of adversity, Calvin's Doctrine of the Word, The makings of happiness, Quick bright things

Ronald Wallace is an American poet, and Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry & Halls-Bascom Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Life

He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa He grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the College of Wooster, and the University of Michigan.

His work appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, Poetry, Paris Review.

Works

For Dear Life, University of Pittsburgh, 2015

For a Limited Time Only, University of Pittsburgh, 2008, ISBN 9780822959960

Now You See it: Poems. UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-893311-57-2.

Long for this world: new and selected poems, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003, ISBN 9780822958147

Uses of Adversity, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998, ISBN 9780822938682

The Makings of Happiness, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, ISBN 9780822954484

People and Dog in the Sun, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987, ISBN 9780822935520

Tunes for Bears to Dance To, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, ISBN 9780822934813

Plums, Stones, Kisses & Hooks, University of Missouri Press, 1982, ISBN 9780826204004

Short story

Quick bright things: stories, Mid-List Press, 2000, ISBN 9780922811441

Non-fiction

The last laugh: form and affirmation in the contemporary American comic novel, University of Missouri Press, 1979, ISBN 9780826202741

God be with the clown: humor in American poetry, University of Missouri Press, 1984, ISBN 9780826204226

Henry James and the Comic Form. University of Michigan Press, 1975, ISBN 9780472089543

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