Gerald Burns Explained
Gerald Burns (1940 in Detroit, Michigan - 1997) was an American poet, and artist.
Life
He was educated at Harvard University, Trinity College, Dublin, and taught at Southern Methodist University and New York University. In 1975 Burns moved to Dallas, Texas. In 1994, he moved to Portland, Oregon.[1] Burns illustrated several of his own books, and designed the covers for Boccherini's Minuet and Prose. In addition to his writing and art, Burns also dabbled in amateur conjuring.[2]
Awards
Works
- Laughter in the Gallery (1966)
- Sonnets from the Middle English
- Boccherini's Minuet (1972)
- The Myth of Accidence (c. 1973)
- A Book of Spells (1975)
- Letters to Obscure Men (1979)
- Toward a Phenomenology of Written Art (1979)
- Prose (1982)
- A Thing About Language (1989)
- Book: Shorter Poems. Dalkey Archive Press. 1993. 978-1-56478-026-3 .
- Book: Longer poems. Barnburner Press. 1994. 978-0-942829-07-5 .
- Probability, Standing Stone Press
- Fuzzy Dice, Standing Stone Press
Essays
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=7cXV26PmJUYC&q=Gerald+Burns+poet&pg=PA74. From "Poets and Anthologies". On the poetry of Galway Kinnell: the wages of dying. Howard Nelson. University of Michigan Press. 1987. 978-0-472-06376-5 .
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=6gjIgT5fcYQC&q=Gerald+Burns+poet&pg=PA25. A Book to Build On. On William Stafford: The Worth of Local Things. Tom Andrews. University of Michigan Press. 1995. 978-0-472-08321-3 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gerald Burns. users.speakeasy.net. 2015-06-20.
- Web site: Register of Gerald Burns Manuscripts and Other Documents - MSS 221. libraries.ucsd.edu. 2015-06-20.
