George Barlow (American poet)

George Barlow
George Barlow
Born	1948 (age 74–75)
Education	California State University, East Bay ; University of Iowa ;
Occupation	Poet

Last updated October 26, 2023

George Barlow (born 1948) is an American poet. He graduated from California State University, East Bay, and from the University of Iowa with an M.A. in American Studies and a M.F.A. George Barlow currently teaches at Grinnell College.^[1]

Awards

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Ford Foundation Fellowship
1980 National Poetry Series, for Gumbo

Works

Gabriel. Broadside Press. 1974. ISBN 978-0-910296-92-2.
Gumbo. Doubleday. 1981. ISBN 978-0-385-17529-6.

Editor

About Time III: An Anthology of California Prison Writing, Grady Hillman, Maude Meehan, George Barlow eds.

Anthologies

Arnold Rampersad; Hilary Herbold, eds. (2006). The Oxford Anthology of African American Poetry. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 978-0-19-512563-4.
Noah Blaustein, ed. (2001). Motion: American Sports Poems. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-755-8.^[6]
Clarence Major, ed. (1996). The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry . HarperPerennial. ISBN 978-0-06-055364-7.
Jerry Washington Ward, ed. (1997). Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African-American Poetry. Mentor. ISBN 978-0-451-62864-0.
Michael Carey, ed. (1996). Voices on the Landscape: Contemporary Iowa Poets. Mid-Prairie Books. ISBN 978-0-931209-65-9.
Keith Gilyard; Anissa Janine Wardi, eds. (2004). African American Literature. Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-11341-2.
Ethelbert Miller, ed. (1999). In Search of Color Everywhere. Illustrator Terrance Cummings. Bt Bound. ISBN 978-0-613-03372-5.
Al Young, ed. (1994). Color: A Sampling of Contemporary African-American Writing. San Francisco: The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, San Francisco State University.
Michael S. Harper; Anthony Walton, eds. (February 1994). Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945. Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 978-0-316-34710-5.^[7]
Yusef Komunyakaa; Sascha Feinstein, eds. (June 1991). The Jazz Poetry Anthology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-32163-3.^[8]
William H. Gass; Charles Simic, eds. (1985). The Best of Intro. Associated Writing Programs. ISBN 978-0-936266-06-0.^[9]
Jack Elliott Myers; Roger Weingarten, eds. (1984). New American Poets of the 80s . Wampeter Press. ISBN 978-0-931694-35-6.
Quincy Troupe; Rainer Schulte, eds. (1975). Giant Talk: Voices of the Third World. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-48800-4.
Bruce Taylor, Kendall, ed. (January 1, 1974). Eating the Menu. Hunt Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8403-1056-9.^[10]
R. Baird Shuman (ed.). A Galaxy of Black Writing. Moore Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-04-105300-5.^[11]
Arnold Adoff, ed. (1977). Celebrations: a new anthology of Black American poetry . Follett Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-695-40699-8.

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References

↑ "Faculty Writers at Grinnell". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
↑ "BJP - Beloit Poetry Journal - Author Index". www.bpj.org. Archived from the original on 2005-12-03.
↑ "Nimrod". 1975.
↑ Grinnell Faculty Page
↑ "Humanities Welcome". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
↑ Motion, University of Iowa Press.
↑ "Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys".
↑ Jazz Poetry Anthology. June 1991.
↑ "Best of Intro by William H Gass and Charles Simic".
↑ Taylor, Bruce Edward (1974). Eating the Menu: A Contemporary American Poetry, 1970-1974. ISBN 0840310560.
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[1] "Faculty Writers at Grinnell". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-03-28.

[2] "BJP - Beloit Poetry Journal - Author Index". www.bpj.org. Archived from the original on 2005-12-03.

[3] "Nimrod". 1975.

[4] Grinnell Faculty Page

[5] "Humanities Welcome". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2010-03-28.

[6] Motion, University of Iowa Press.

[7] "Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys".

[8] Jazz Poetry Anthology. June 1991.

[9] "Best of Intro by William H Gass and Charles Simic".

[10] Taylor, Bruce Edward (1974). Eating the Menu: A Contemporary American Poetry, 1970-1974. ISBN 0840310560.

[11] "9780041053005 - Alibris".

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