David Stephenson (poet)
David Stephenson is an American poet and engineer.
He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from the University of Wisconsin with degrees in engineering.[1]
His work has appeared in California Quarterly, Edge City Review, The Formalist,[2] Hellas,[3] The Lyric, Pivot,[4] and Slant.[5] His semenal work, Rhythm and Blues won the Richard Wilbur Award in 2007; this compelling work focused on post-industrial Americana, largely drawn from his Rust Belt upbringing.
He lives in Detroit, Michigan.
Awards
- Margaret Haley Carpenter Prize
- Howard Nemerov Award three-time finalist
- Richard Wilbur Award (2007)
Works
- "Bunker", Able Muse
- Rhythm and Blues University of Evansville Press, January 1, 2008, ISBN 978-0-930982-65-2
Reviews
This is a book you rush through as if on oiled tracks—and before you know it the ride is over. The joy of the trip is partly due to the straightforwardness of the poems— recognizable situations, narrative and idea easily expressed, lack of complicated rhetorical devices[6]
References
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Blues-David-Stephenson/dp/0930982657
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://epc.buffalo.edu/mags/cites/hellas.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ablemuse.com/v6/book-review/deborah-warren/rhythm-blues-david-stephenson
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