Richard Cecil (poet)

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Richard Cecil is an American poet born on March 14, 1944, in Baltimore and lived in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Indiana University, later marrying Maura Stanton in 1971. Previously teaching at Rhodes College, currently teaching at Indiana University as a lecturer on the subject of creative writing as well as teaching in the Hutton Honors College on the same subject. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, New England Review, The Georgia Review, Missouri Review, Southern Review, River Styx, and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

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Life

Born on March 14, 1944, in Baltimore, Cecil married Maura Stanton in 1971, [1] and lived in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Indiana University.

He taught at Rhodes College. He currently works at Indiana University Bloomington as a teacher of creative writing and also teaches in the Hutton Honors College. [2] [3] He briefly taught at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, teaching American Poetry courses and running Poetry workshops, in 1987 and 1988.

His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry, [4] Ploughshares, New England Review, The Georgia Review, Missouri Review, [5] Southern Review, [6] River Styx, Virginia Quarterly Review.

Quotations

"Everything turns into gin in the end." - Richard Cecil, Hutton Honors College, Indiana University, Bloomington IN (3/18/2019).

Awards

Works

Ploughshares

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References

  1. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Europa Publications, London & New York. p.278 books.google
  2. ↑ Archived December 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Richard Cecil | Indiana University Department of English". Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "December 1998 | Poetry Magazine". October 2021.
  5. ↑ Archived August 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Southern Poetry Review: Previous Issues". Archived from the original on May 9, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
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