This article is about the 20th-century American poet. For the 19th-century English poet, see George Barlow (UK poet).
George Barlow (born 1948) is an African-American poet and academic.
George Barlow. Courtesy Grinnell College.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Barlow graduated from California State University, East Bay, and from the University of Iowa with an M.A. in American Studies and an M.F.A.
Career[]
Barlow teaches poetry and African-American literature at Grinnell College.[1]
He has published in The Black Scholar, Caliban 2, River Styx, The Iowa Review, Antaeus, Callaloo, The Beloit Poetry Journal,[2] Nimrod,[3] The American Poetry Review, Yardbird Reader, Big Moon and Obsidian.[4]
He was on the nominating committee for the Iowa poet laureate.[5]
Recognition[]
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- 1980 National Poetry Series, for Gumbo
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Gabriel. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974.
- Gumbo. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
Edited[]
- About Time III: An anthology of California prison writing( edited by George Barlow, Grady Hillman, & Maude Meehan).[6]
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ George Barlow, Grinnell College. Web, Apr. 24, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bpj.org/index/B.html
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=3NxZAAAAMAAJ&q=George+Barlow+(American+poet)&dq=George+Barlow+(American+poet)&lr=
- ↑ Grinnell Faculty Page
- ↑ http://www.uiowa.edu/~humiowa/PoetCommittee.html
- ↑ George Barlow, Grinnell College. Web, Apr. 24, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:George Barlow 1948, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 24, 2014.
External links[]
- About
- George Barlow, Grinnell College.
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