Herbert S. Scott was an American poet

Poetry of the United States

American poetry, the poetry of the United States, arose first as efforts by colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional unification of the thirteen colonies...

 and founding editor of the literary New Issues Press

New Issues Press

New Issues Press is a literary press associated with Western Michigan University. It was founded by poet and Western Michigan University professor Herbert S. Scott...

, which he started in 1996. Scott's poems appeared widely in literary journals

Literary magazine

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 and anthologies. He is the author of the poetry collection Disguises (University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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 Press, 1974), Groceries (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976), Durations (Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

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 Press, 1984), and Sleeping Woman (Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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 Press, 2005). A collection of selected poems, The Other Life, will be published by Carnegie Mellon University Press in 2010. Scott was the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

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 and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Scott earned a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from Fresno State College

California State University, Fresno

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 in 1964 and a master's degree

Master's degree

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 from the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

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 in 1966. He served as an instructor

Professor

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 of English at Southeast Missouri State College from 1966 to 1968 and as a professor

Professor

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 of English at Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

 from 1968 to 2004.

Works

Disguises (University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...

 Press, 1974)

Groceries (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976)

Durations (Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 Press, 1984)

Sleeping Woman (Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 Press, 2005)

The Other Life (Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

Press, 2010