Greg Hewett | |
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 Greg Hewett in March 2024 | |
| Born | May 15, 1958 |
| Occupation | Poet and professor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Blindsight darkacre The Eros Conspiracy Red Suburb To Collect the Flesh |
| Notable awards | Thom Gunn Award |
Greg Hewett (born 15 May, 1958 [1] ) is an American poet and professor. He has been awarded several fellowships and awards for his work, including the Thom Gunn Award.
Hewett earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Binghamton University, his MA at the University of California–Davis, and his Doctorate of Arts at University at Albany, SUNY. [2]
Hewett teaches English and creative writing at Carleton College. [2] [3] He has served on the board of Quatrefoil Library. [4] He has also lived in Japan and France. [5]
Hewett was a Fulbright fellow in Denmark and Norway, as well as at the Camargo Foundation in Provence. [6] [7]
In 2003, Hewett won the Publishing Triangle Thom Gunn Award for his 2002 collection Red Suburb. [2] [8] The Eros Conspiracy was a finalist in 2007. [8] darkacre was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry in 2011. [6]
In 2018, he was named the O'Brien Poet at the University of Southern Maine. [7]
His books have been nominated for the Minnesota Book Awards twice. [6]
In addition to the collections listed below, his work has appeared in The Boston Review and The Denver Quarterly, among other literary magazines. [7] He has also collaborated with visual artist Fred Hagstrom (Hagstrom created covers and images for books that Hewett wrote). [9] [10]
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Member – Greg Hewett
The University of Southern Maine Department of English has named award-winning poet Greg Hewett, professor of English from Carleton College, as USM's 2018 O'Brien Poet.
For this artist's book project, Hagstrom collaborated with fellow Carleton College professor Gregory Hewett to produce an evocative integration of image and word.
Poetry by Greg Hewett; 10 images by Fred Hagstrom.
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