Ed Roberson (born 1939) is an African-American poet and academic.[1]
Ed Roberson. Courtesy Ahsahta Press.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Roberson was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970,[2] and later completed graduate work at Goddard College.[3]
Career[]
roberson later served as a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh[2] and at Rutgers University until 2002.[4] Since 2007, he has been a Visiting Writer/Artist in Residence at Northwestern University,[5] and has also taught at the University of Chicago and Columbia College.[3]
His work appears in Callaloo.[6][7]
Recognition[]
- 2008 Shelley Memorial Award
- 1998 National Poetry Series, for Atmosphere Conditions chosen by Nathaniel Mackey
- Iowa Poetry Prize for Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In
- LA Times Book Award
- Stephen Henderson Critics Award for Achievement in Literature
- Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award
- Lenore Marshall Award finalist, Academy of American Poets’
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- When Thy King Is a Boy: Poems. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970.
- Etai-Eken. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975.
- Lucid Interval as Integral Music. Pittsburgh, PA: Harmattan Press, 1984.
- Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In: Poems. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1995.
- Just In: Word of navigational change: New and selected work. Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 1998.
- Atmosphere Conditions. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon, 2000.
- City Eclogue. Berkeley, CA: Atelos, 2006.
- The New Wing of the Labyrinth. San Diego, CA: Singing Horse Press, 2009.
- To See the Earth Before the End of the World. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2010.
- Closest Pronunciation: Poems. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2013.
Anthologized[]
- Primary Trouble: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (edited by Schwartz, Donahue & Foster). Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 1996.[8]
- The Best American Poetry 2004 (edited by Lyn Hejinian & David Lehman). New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.[8]
Ed Roberson at Danny's Tavern, Chicago
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[9]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Brent Hayes Edwards, Black Serial Poetics An Introduction to Ed Roberson, Duke University. Web, Nov. 22, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blake, Sharon S. (2012-01-23). "Pitt Celebrates Black History Month With World Premiere Screening of Thaddeus Mosley: Sculptor". Pitt Chronicle (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh). http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/?p=10241. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ed Roberson". Poets.org. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/2262. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ↑ http://www.woodlandpattern.org/poems/ed_roberson01.shtml
- ↑ http://www.northwestern.edu/writing-arts/writers/residence/fall2007.html
- ↑ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/callaloo/v029/29.1roberson03.html
- ↑ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/callaloo/v025/25.4roberson07.html
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bibliography, Ed Roberson, EdRoberson.net, Web, Nov. 22, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Ed Roberson, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 25, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Ed Roberson profile & 3 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- Three Poems by Ed Roberson at Jacket
- Ed Roberson at the Poetry Foundation
- Ed Roberson @ EPC Electronic Poetry Center
- Audio / video
- Ed Roberson at YouTube
- "Ed Roberson," Poetry Lectures, Poetry Foundation
- Books
- Ed Roberson at Amazon.com
- About
- Shelley Memorial Award biography from the Poetry Society of America.
- Ed Roberson Official website.
- Brent Hayes Edwards, Black Serial Poetics An Introduction to Ed Roberson at Duke University, (.PDF).
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