Bruce Bond

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Bruce Bond
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Bruce Bond
Born
25 June 1954
NationalityAmerican
Occupationpoet

Bruce Bond (born June 25, 1954) is an American poet and creative writing educator at the University of North Texas. [1]

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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. [2] [3]

Works

Poetry [4]

  1. Lunette, Green Linden Press (2024).
  2. Therapon (with Dan Beachy-Quick), Tupelo Press (2023).
  3. Choreomania, Mad Hat Press (2023).
  4. Invention of the Wilderness, Louisiana State University Press (2023).
  5. Liberation of Dissonance, Schaffner Press (2022). Nicholas Schaffner Award for Literature in Music.
  6. Patmos, University of Massachusetts Press (2021). Juniper Award.
  7. Blackout Starlight: New and Selected Poems 1997-2015, Louisiana State University Press (2017).
  8. Behemoth, Criterion Books (2021). New Criterion Poetry Prize.
  9. The Calling, Parlor Press (2021).
  10. Scar, Etruscan Press (2020).
  11. Words Written Against the Walls of the City, Louisiana State University Press (2019).
  12. Frankenstein’s Children, Lost Horse Press (2018).
  13. Rise and Fall of the Lesser Sun, Elixir Press (2018). Elixir Press Poetry Award.
  14. Dear Reader, Parlor Press (2018).
  15. Blackout Starlight: New and Selected Poems 1997-2015, Louisiana State University Press (2017).
  16. Sacrum, Four Way Books (2017).
  17. Gold Bee, Southern Illinois University Press (2016). Helen C. Smith Award, Crab Orchard Award.
  18. Black Anthem, University of Tampa Press (2016). Tampa Poetry Prize.
  19. For the Lost Cathedral, Louisiana State University Press (2015).
  20. The Other Sky, Etruscan Press (2015). Finalist: Helen C. Smith Award.
  21. Choir of the Wells: A Tetralogy of New Books, Etruscan Press (2013) OCLC   812258481
  22. The Visible, Louisiana State University Press (2012) OCLC   745765999
  23. Peal, Etruscan Press (2009) OCLC   318876943
  24. Blind Rain, Louisiana State University Press (2008) OCLC   646757924
    2010 Finalist, The Poets' Prize, Academy of American Poets
    Finalist, Natalie Ornish Prize, Texas Institute of Letters
  25. Cinder, Etruscan Press (2003) OCLC   52138027
    Finalist, Best Book of Poetry, Texas Institute of Letters
  26. The Throats of Narcissus University of Arkansas Press (2001) OCLC   45799620
  27. Radiography, BOA Editions (1997) OCLC   37904942
    1998 Natalie Ornish Prize, Texas Institute of Letters
  28. The Anteroom of Paradise,Quarterly Review of Literature: Poetry Series 10, Vol. 30 (1991) OCLC   316588200, 779970923, 69104327 OCLC   225900260, 38487763
    1991 Colladay Award, Quarterly Review of Literature
  29. Independence Days, Woodley Press (1990) OCLC   23475982
    Robert Gross Award, Woodley Press, Washburn University

Criticism

Bond's poetry has been published by The Best American Poetry, The Yale Review, Beloit Poetry Journal , 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.

  • Richard Snyder Prize (2022) Vaulthttps://www.ashlandpoetrypress.com/blog/2022/09/06/2022-richard-snyder-memorial-publication-prize-winner-is-bruce-bond
  • Juniper Prize (2022) Patmoshttps://www.umasspress.com/9781625345615/patmos/
  • New Criterion Prize (2021) Behemothhttps://www.amazon.com/Behemoth-Bruce-Bond/dp/1641771445
  • Schaffner Award for Literature in Music (2022)Liberation of Dissonancehttps://schaffnerpress.com/books/liberation-of-dissonance/
  • Meridian Editors Award in Poetry (from Meridian, 2020)
  • Meringoff Prize (from Association of Literary Scholars, Critic, and Writers) (2019) https://alscw.org/news/winners-2018-alscw-meringoff-writing-awards/
  • Lawrence Goldstein Award (2018) Michigan Quarterlyhttps://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2018/04/mqr-announces-2017-literary-prizes/
  • Helen C. Smith Award (from Texas Institute of Letters) (2017) Gold Beehttps://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/archives/TIL-awards-complete-history.pdf
  • L.E. Philabaum Award Blackout Starlighthttps://lsupress.org/books/detail/blackout-starlight/
  • River Styx International Poetry Award (2017) http://www.riverstyx.org/submit/poetry-contest/
  • Elixir Press Poetry Award (2017) Rise and Fall of the Lesser Sun Godshttp://elixirpress.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-lesser-sun-gods
  • Tampa Review Prize for Poetry (2017) Black Anthemhttps://www.amazon.com/Black-Anthem-Bruce-Bond/dp/1597321346
  • Lynda Hull Memorial Award (2017) Crazyhorsehttps://swamp-pink.cofc.edu/prizes/2017-crazyhorse-prize-winners-finalists/
  • Crab Orchard Open Competition Book Prize (2016) Gold Beehttp://siupress.com/series/crab-orchard-series-poetry?page=2http://siupress.com/books/978-0-8093-3532-9
  • Knightville Poetry Award (from The New Guard, 2012)

References

  1. ↑ Contemporary Authors, A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields, Volume 190, Detroit: Gale Group (2001) OCLC   659918086
  2. ↑ Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, New York: H.W. Wilson Co. ISSN   0006-3053
    Volume 17: September 1990 — August 1992 (1992)
    Volume 23: September 1997 — August 1998 (1998)
  3. ↑ A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, 2001–2002 edition, New York: Poets & Writers (2001) OCLC   46885596
  4. ↑ "Poetry – Bruce Bond". brucebond.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
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