Laurence Lieberman
Encyclopedia
Laurence James Lieberman is an American
poet
and professor
.
Born February 16, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan
, he studied at the University of Michigan
, (BA
1956, MA
1958) and did graduate study (1958-60) at the University of California, Berkeley
. He taught at Orange Coast College
, 1960-64; College of the Virgin Islands
, 1964-68; and since 1968 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
as professor of English and creative writing.
United States
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poet
Poet
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and professor
Professor
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.
Born February 16, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, he studied at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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, (BA
Bachelor of Arts
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1956, MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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1958) and did graduate study (1958-60) at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. He taught at Orange Coast College
Orange Coast College
Orange Coast College is a community college in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides two-year associate of art and science degrees, certificates of achievement, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges...
, 1960-64; College of the Virgin Islands
University of the Virgin Islands
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, 1964-68; and since 1968 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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as professor of English and creative writing.
Books
- Carib's Leap: Selected and New Poems of the Caribbean, poetry (Leeds, England: Peepal Tree Press, 2005).
- Hour of the Mango Black Moon, poetry (Leeds, England: Peepal Tree Press, 2004).
- Flight from the Mother Stone, poetry (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2000).
- The Regatta in the Skies: Selected Long Poems, poetry (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1999).
- Compass of the Dying: Poems, poetry (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1998).
- Dark Songs: Slave House and Synagogue: Poems, poetry (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1996).
- Beyond the Muse of Memory: Essays on Contemporary American Poets, nonfiction (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1995).
- New and Selected Poems, 1962-92, poetry (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993).
- The Creole Mephistopheles , poetry (New York: Scribner's, 1989).
- The Mural of Wakeful Sleep, poetry (New York: Macmillan, 1985).
- Eros at the World Kite Pageant: Poems 1979-82, poetry (New York: Macmillan, 1983).
- God's Measurements, poetry (New York: Macmillan, 1980).
- Unassigned Frequencies: American Poetry in Review 1964-77, nonfiction (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1977).
- The Osprey Suicides, poetry (New York: Macmillan, 1973).
- The Achievement of James Dickey: A Comprehensive Selection of His Poems with a Critical Introduction, (editor), nonfiction (New York: Scott, Foresman, 1969).
- The Unblinding, poetry (New York: Macmillan, 1968).