Elton Glaser

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Elton Glaser is an American poet. He has published collections of poetry and been published in literary magazines.

Life[edit]

He is a native of New Orleans, is a retired Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English from the University of Akron, and former editor of the Akron Series in Poetry.[1]

He lives in Akron, Ohio.[2]

Awards[edit]

  • 2010 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Do the Do"
  • 2009 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Slow Fuse Around the Cranium"
  • 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White"
  • 2002 Crab Orchard Award

Bibliography[edit]

Collections[edit]

  • Glaser, Elton (1984). Relics : poems. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-8195-2118-7.
  • — (1988). Tropical depressions : poems. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-201-0.
  • — (1992). Color photographs of the ruins. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-3705-0.
  • Glaser, Elton (2000). Winter amnesties. Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2305-0.
  • — (2003). Pelican tracks. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2516-0.
  • — (2005). Here and hereafter : poems. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-796-0.
  • Glaser, Elton (2023). Ghost Variations. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-6719-4.

Poems[edit]

Title Year First published Reprinted/collected in
Undead White European Male The Gettysburg Review Howard, Richard; Lehman, David, eds. (1995). The Best American Poetry 1995. Simon and Schuster. pp. 77–79. ISBN 9781439106167. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
Meditation in blue and white 2003 Glaser, Elton (2003). "Meditation in blue and white". The Marlboro Review. 14&15. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
The coefficient of drag 2006 Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006)
Exhaustion 2006 Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006)
Least resistance 2006 Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006)
Regression analysis 2006 Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006)
Do the Do 2010 Glaser, Elton (2010). "Do the Do". Southern Poetry Review. 48 (2): 15–16. Retrieved 2015-02-17. Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 78–79.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Poet of the Month: Elton Glaser". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  2. ^ "Elton Glaser | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-07-16.