Dennis Schmitz Explained

Dennis Schmitz (August 11, 1937 – September 12, 2019) was an American poet.[1]

Life

Dennis Schmitz grew up in Dubuque, Iowa.[2] He graduated from Loras College and the University of Chicago, where he met and married Loretta D'Agostino in 1960; they have five children together. He has taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee[3] and California State University, Sacramento.[4] His former students include Raymond Carver,[5] Charlene Ungstad,[6] Gary Short,[7] and Gary Thompson.[8]

He opposes the death penalty and protests executions in California every time they take place.[9] [10]

His work has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review,[11] American Poetry Review, The Nation, Paris Review,[12] the Chicago Review,[13] and Zyzzyva.[14]

He resided in Sacramento.[15]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Editor

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/obituaries/article235221732.html Obituaries
  2. News: Poet making trek back to his Dubuque roots; Schmitz will give a reading tonight at the Carnegie-Stout Library. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025215453/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11103453.html. dead. October 25, 2012. Dubuque Telegraph – Herald . September 18, 2003. Sandye . Voight.
  3. Book: International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Europa Publications. Taylor & Francis . 2003. 978-1-85743-178-0 .
  4. Web site: Fall 2002 Journal . www.csus.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030127184017/http://www.csus.edu/pubaf/journal/fall2002/34facultyauthors.htm . 2003-01-27.
  5. Book: Conversations with Raymond Carver . registration . 180 . Univ. Press of Mississippi . 978-0-87805-449-7 . Carver . Raymond . Gentry . Marshall Bruce . Stull . William L . January 1990.
  6. Web site: Jane Crown's Poetry Radio Online Radio by the Jane Crown Show | BlogTalkRadio Month: 12/2008 . www.blogtalkradio.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082518/http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-jane-crown-show/blog/2008/12 . 4 March 2016 . dead.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . July 1, 2009 . March 30, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080330193109/http://onlinenevada.org/gary_short . dead .
  8. Sklenicka, Carol. Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life. New York: Scribner, 2009
  9. Web site: Cell Door Magazine - Poetry - Ashes Into The Wind by Steven King Ainsworth - Vol 002 Issue 03 . www.lairdcarlson.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020221041826/http://www.lairdcarlson.com/celldoor/00302/Ains00302WrodsfromDR.htm . 2002-02-21.
  10. Web site: Sacramento Poetry Center: DENNIS SCHMITZ READING AT ART FOUNDRY FEB. 25. 7 March 2006.
  11. Web site: Alaska Quarterly Review. Alaska Quarterly Review. 18 June 2023.
  12. Web site: The Paris Review - Summer 1975 . 2009-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003135812/http://www.parisreview.com/viewissue.php/prmIID/62 . 2009-10-03 . dead .
  13. Web site: Chicago Review . humanities.uchicago.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020612101948/http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/archive1.shtml . 2002-06-12.
  14. Web site: Poetry from Zyzzyva . 2009-09-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091014085422/http://www.zyzzyva.org/published.poetry.htm . 2009-10-14 .
  15. Web site: Dennis Schmitz. 28 May 1981. Poets & Writers. 18 June 2023.
  16. Web site: Past Poets Laureate - Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission .
  17. Web site: Previous Award Winners . 2009-07-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091101122607/http://www.poetrysociety.org/previous-awards.html . 2009-11-01 .
  18. Web site: All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 2009-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235910/http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=s&page=7 . 2011-06-03 . dead .

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