Conrad Hilberry

Conrad Hilberry (born 1928) is an American poet.

Life
Hilberry went to Oberlin College for his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, and continued his studies with a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a professor of English at Kalamazoo College from 1962 to 1998.

Hilberry is the author of nine books of poetry. Hilberry is also the author of Luke Karamazov (1987), a nonfiction first person narrative of two sociopaths.

Hilberry was editor of the literary magazine Passages North and co-editor (with Michael Delp and Herbert Scott) of the anthology Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast (1988).

Publications

 * Encounter on Burrows Hill and Other Poems (1968)
 * Rust (1974)
 * Man In The Attic (1980)
 * Knowing Rivers, You Know the Shape and Bias (1980)
 * The Moon Seen as a Slice of Pineapple (1984)
 * Jacob's Dancing Tune (1986)
 * Luke Karamazov (1987)
 * Sorting the Smoke (1990)
 * Player Piano (2000)
 * The Fingernail of Luck (2005)
 * After-Music (2008)
 * ''This Awkward Art: Poems by a Father and Daughter" (with Jane Hilberry) (2009)

Edited

 * Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast (edited with Michael Delp and Herbert Scott). 1988.