Education
- Ph.D, English, Ohio University (1976)
- M.A., English, Southern Illinois University (1969)
- B.A., English, University of Virginia (1965)
Teaching and Research Interests
- 19th and 20th Century American and British Poetry
- Poetry Writing
- Contemporary Literary Criticism and Non-Fiction
Selected Publications
- Hawks on Wires: Poems Poems 2005-2010 (poems). Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
- Afield: Writers on Bird Dogs (essays, ed. with Robert DeMott). Skyhorse, 2010.
- Hunting Men: Reflections on a Life in American Poetry (essays). Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
- Little Boats, Unsalvaged (poems). Louisiana State University Press, 2005.
- The Wick of Memory: new and Selected Poems 1970-2000 (poems). Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
- Floating on Solitude: Three Books of Poems (poems). University of Illinois Press, 1997.
- Fate’s Kite: Poems 1991-1995 (poems). Louisiana State University Press, 1995.
- Cuba Night (poems). William Morrow & Co., 1990.
- Local Assays: On Contemporary American Poetry (essays). University of Illinois Press, 1985.
- The Roundhouse Voices: Selected and New Poems (poems). Harper & Row, 1985.
- In the House of the Judge (poems). Harper & Row, 1983.
- Homage to Edgar Allan Poe (poems). Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
- Dream Flights (poems). University of Illinois Press, 1981.
- Goshawk, Antelope (poems). University of Illinois Press, 1981.
- Onliness (novel). Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
- Cumberland Station (poems). University of Illinois Press, 1979.
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