Joseph Millar in 2015. Photo by Slowking. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Joseph Millar is an American poet and academic.
Life[]
Millar was raised in western Pennsylvania. He earned an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1970.
He has worked as a telephone installation foreman and commercial fisherman, and in 1997 gave up this blue collar life to try his hand at teaching.
His work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including theAlaska Quarterly Review, "DoubleTake," Ploughshares,[1] Poetry International, Prairie Schooner, the Southern Review, TriQuarterly, New Letters, Raleigh Review and Shenandoah.
He has taught at Mount Hood Community College, Oregon State University.
He teaches in the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Pacific University and the Esalen Institute.
He is married to poet Dorianne Laux; they live in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Writing[]
He has poems about fatherhood, labor, relationships and the life of the American man in the 20th Century.
Recognition[]
In 2002, Millar was awarded a Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2008 his work won a Pushcart Prize. He has also been the recipient of grants from the Montalvo Center for the Arts and from Oregon Literary Arts.
Publications[]
- Slow Dancer (chapbook). Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1992.
- Overtime: Poems. Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington University Press, 2001; Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1-59766-021-1
- Fortune: Poems. Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59766-021-1
- Nightbound (chapbook). Idaho Review Press, 2009.[2]
- Bestiary (chapbook). Red Dragon Press, 2010.[3]
- Ocean. Portland, OR, & Salt Lake City, UT: Tavern Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-935635-05-5
- Blue Rust. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2012.
Poetry Everywhere "American Wedding" by Joseph Millar
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1054
- ↑ Joseph Millar, Pirene's Fountain. Web, Oct. 27, 2015.
- ↑ Books, Joseph Millar. Web, Oct. 27, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:Joseph Millar, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 27, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Work Song" at World Literature Today
- "Nightbound"
- "Red Wing" at Poetry 180
- "American Wedding" at How a Poem Happens
- Joseph Millar at Connotation Press (profile & 2 poems)
- Joseph Millar at the Poetry Foundation.
- Joseph Millar at Pirene's Fountain - profile, 5 poems, & interview
- Audio / video
- Books
- Joseph Millar at Amazon.com
- About
- Pacific University MFA Faculty
- Joseph Millar Official website.
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