Robert Morgan

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

Life
Morgan studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, but transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an English major, graduating in 1965. He then completed an M.F.A. degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1968.

He began teaching at Cornell University in 1971.

Recognition

 * Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
 * 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize

Poetry

 * Zirconia Poems. Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1969.
 * The Voice in the Crosshairs. Ithaca, NY: Angelfish Press, 1971.
 * Red Owl. New York: Norton, 1972.
 * Land Diving. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1976.
 * Trunk & Thicket. Fort Collins, CO: L’Epervier Press, 1978.
 * Groundwork. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1979.
 * Bronze Age. Emory, VA: Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
 * At the Edge of the Orchard Country. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1987.
 * Sigodlin. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1990.
 * Saints on islands: poems. Indigo, 1991. ISBN 978-0-9513614-3-6 }}
 * Green River: New and selected poems. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1991.
 * Wild Peavines: New poems. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1996.
 * Topsoil Road: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
 * The Strange Attractor: New and selected poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2004.

Short fiction

 * The Blue Valleys: A Collection of Stories. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1989.
 * The Mountains Won’t Remember Us and other stories. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1992.
 * The Hinterlands: A mountain tale in three parts. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1994.
 * The Balm of Gilead Tree and other stories. Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1999.

Novels

 * The Truest Pleasure. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1995.
 * Gap Creek. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1999.
 * This Rock. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2001.
 * Brave Enemies: A novel of the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2003.

Non-fiction

 * Good Measure: Essays, Interviews and Notes on Poetry. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
 * Boone: A biography. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 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

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.