Anthony Butts Explained

Anthony Butts (born July 28, 1969, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet.

Life

He graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor's degree, from Western Michigan University,^[1] with an MFA, and University of Missouri with a PhD.^[2]

He taught at the University of Dayton, as well as Carnegie Mellon University.^[3] ^[4] He was married to journalist Leah Samuel (b. 1970) from 2004 to 2009.

"The Nut Gatherers", Poetry Society of American
Book: The Golden Underground . Wayne State University Press. 2009. 978-0-8143-3389-1 .
Book: Little Low Heaven . New Issues/Western Michigan University. 2003. 978-1-930974-26-5 .
The Next Generation (CMU Press, 2000)
Book: Evolution . Sutton Hoo Press. 1998 .
Book: Fifth Season . New Issues Press, Western Michigan University. 1997. 978-0-932826-53-4 .
"Prayer" in Lines + Stars literary journal http://www.linesandstars.com/spring-2014/anthony-butts/prayer/

Book: American Poetry Now: Pitt poetry series anthology. Ed Ochester. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2007. 978-0-8229-4310-5 .
Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=b8OknN4kt0wC&q=Anthony+Butts&pg=PA79. Detroit, City of Straits. Abandon Automobile: Detroit city poetry 2001. Melba Joyce Boyd . Melba Joyce Boyd. M. L. Liebler. Wayne State University Press. 2001. 978-0-8143-2810-1 .
Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=HHHlYP_u6aUC&q=Anthony+Butts&pg=PA26. Angels. New Poems from the Third Coast: contemporary Michigan poetry. Michael Delp. Michael Delp. Conrad Hilberry. Conrad Hilberry. Josie Kearns. Wayne State University Press. 2000. 978-0-8143-2797-5 .