Life

Fort graduated from Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

 with an MFA in 1977.
He taught at the University of Nebraska at Kearney

University of Nebraska at Kearney

The University of Nebraska at Kearney , founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney, is the Kearney, Nebraska, United States campus of the University of Nebraska system.-History:...

 as The Distinguished Paul W. Reynolds and Clarice Kingston Reynolds Endowed Chair in Poetry (1997–2007) , and Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana , located in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college with the distinction of being the only historically black Roman Catholic institution of higher education...

. He currently teaches at University of Nebraska Low Residency MFA Program,

His work has appeared in Callaloo, The Georgia Review, Connecticut Writer's Anthology, Road Apple Review, White lade, and Argo.

Awards

• 1994 winner of the Open Voice Award by The Writer's Voice
• MacDowell Fellowship
• Poetry Society of America
  Poetry Society of America
  The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
  
   award
• 1985 Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize
• The Mary Carolyn Davis Memorial Award

Works

• "American Gargoyle", Oyster Boy Review 13
• "The Magic Man Held a Blue Crystal Ball", Oyster Boy Review 13
• Afro Psalms
  Afro Psalms
  Afro Psalms is an illustrated book of poetry, a collaborative effort between 20th century illustrator Grant Reynard and the contemporary poet Charles Fort. In 2001 the Museum of Nebraska Art discovered several works by Reynard in its permanent collection. Reynard created many pieces on the theme...
  
  , University of Nebraska at Kearney Press

• We Did Not Fear The Father: New and Selected Poems (Red Hen Press)
• Mrs Belladonna's Supper Club Waltz (Backwaters Press)

External links

• "Darvil Meets Little Black Sambo in Nebraska—A Poetry Performance", People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions (1998)