Robert Morgan (writer)

Robert Morgan
Born	1944 (age 80–81)
Occupation	Short story writer poet novelist
Nationality	American
Education	North Carolina State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Greensboro (MFA)
Website
www.robert-morgan.com

Robert Morgan (born 1944) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist.

Life

He studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an English major, graduating in 1965, and completed an MFA degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1968.

He has taught at Cornell University since 1971, and was appointed Professor of English in 1984. ^[1]

Awards

• Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters ^[2]
• 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize ^[3]
• 2012 SIBA Book Award (nonfiction) for Lions of the West
• 2013 William "Singing Billy" Walker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Southern Letters

Bibliography

Collections

• Zirconia Poems. Northwood Narrows, New Hampshire: Lillabulero Press, 1969.
• The Voice in the Crosshairs. Ithaca, New York: Angelfish Press. 1971.
• Red Owl. New York: Norton, 1972.
• Land Diving. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1976. ISBN   978-0-8071-0199-5.
• Trunk & Thicket. Fort Collins, Colorado: L’Epervier Press, 1978.
• Groundwork. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1979.
• Bronze Age. Emory, Virginia: Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
• At the Edge of the Orchard Country. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
• Sigodlin. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. 1990.
• Saints on islands: poems. Indigo. 1991. ISBN   978-0-9513614-3-6.
• Green River: New and Selected Poems. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1991.
• Wild Peavines: New Poems. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press, 1996.
• Topsoil Road: Poems . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2000. ISBN   978-0-8071-2613-4.
• Morgan, Robert (2004). The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN   978-0-8071-2951-7.
• Terroir. New York: Penguin Books. 2011. ISBN   978-0-14-312019-3.
• Dark Energy. New York: Penguin Books. 2015. ISBN   978-0-14-312806-9.

Individual poems

• ""OPTION", The Atlantic, October 1997
• ""Wind From a Waterfall", The Atlantic, September 1999
• ""Girdling", The Atlantic, December 1997
• ""Holy Cussing", Southern Poetry Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2004
• "Fern glade", The Atlantic, December 2009

Short fiction

Collections

• The Blue Valleys: A Collection of Stories. Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers. 1989. ISBN   978-0-7432-0422-4.
• The Mountains Won’t Remember Us and Other Stories. Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishers, 1992.
• The Hinterlands: A Mountain Tale in Three Parts. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin. 1994. ISBN   978-0-89587-178-7.
• The Balm of Gilead Tree and Other Stories. Frankfort, Kentucky: Gnomon Press. 1999. ISBN   978-0-917788-73-4.

Stories

"The Distant Blue Hills", The Southern Review

Novels

• The Truest Pleasure. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 1995. ISBN   978-1-56512-105-8.
• Gap Creek . Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 1999. ISBN   978-0-7432-0363-0.
• This Rock. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2001. ISBN   978-1-56512-303-8.
• Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2003. ISBN   978-1-56512-356-4.
• The Road from Gap Creek . Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2013. ISBN   978-1-61620-161-6.
• Chasing the North Star. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books. 2016. ISBN   978-1-56512-627-5.

Non-fiction

• Good Measure: Essays, Interviews and Notes on Poetry. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
• Boone: A Biography, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007, ISBN   978-1-56512-615-2
• Lions of the West - Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion, Shannon Ravenel Books, 2011, ISBN   978-1-56512-626-8

References

1. "Robert Morgan". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
2. Daniel Aloi (2007-04-19). "Writer Robert Morgan wins literary prize from American Academy of Arts and Letters". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
3. Daniel Aloi (2008-09-09). "Kindred writer and spirit Robert Morgan receives 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

External links

• "Author's website"
• "Nostalgia May Not Be the Right Word," an Interview with Robert Morgan, Southern Spaces, December 11, 2013.
• Appearances on C-SPAN