Greg Williamson



Greg Williamson (born 1964) is an American poet. He is most known for inventing the "Double Exposure" form in which one poem can be read three different ways: solely the standard type, solely the bold type in alternating lines, or the combination of the two.

Life
Williamson grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. He was educated at Vanderbilt University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Johns Hopkins University.

He teaches at Johns Hopkins University and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He is Associate Editor at Waywiser Press.

Recognition

 * 1998 Whiting Writers' Award
 * Nathan Haskell Dole Prize
 * 1995 Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize
 * John Atherton Fellowship