William Pitt Root Explained
William Pitt Root (born 1941 Austin, Minnesota) is an American poet.[1]
He was raised in Fort Myers, Florida.[2]
He studied at the University of Washington, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[3]
He was Tucson Poet Laureate from 1997 to 2002, and taught at Hunter College.[4] He was a US/UK Exchange Artist, Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Guggenheim Fellow,[5] Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and an NEA fellow.[6]
His work appeared in Asheville Poetry Review,[7] The Atlantic,[8] The New Yorker,[9] Harpers,[10] The Nation, Commonweal, The American Poetry Review, Tri@uarterly, and Poetry. He is poetry editor of Cutthroat Magazine.[11]
He is married to poet Pamela Uschuk; they live near Durango, Colorado and Tucson Arizona
Works
- "Song of the Piper", Poetry Foundation
- "Temperance Poems", Poetry Foundation
- "Strange Angels: New Poems" Wins Press, 2013,
- "Sublime Blue: Selected Early Odes of Pablo Neruda" Wings Press, 2013,
- White Boots: New and Selected Poems of the West Carolina Wren Press, 2006,
- Trace Elements from a Recurring Kingdom: The First Five Books of WPR Confluence Press, 1994,
- Faultdancing, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986,
- Invisible Guests (1983)
- Reasons for Going It on Foot Atheneum, 1981,
- In the World's Common Grasses Moving Parts Press, 1981
- Coot and Other Characters Confluence Press, 1977,
- Fireclock Four Zoas Night House, 1981,
- Striking the Dark Air for Music Atheneum, 1973,
- The Storm and Other Poems Atheneum, 1969; reprint Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2005,
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.cutthroatmag.com/root.html root
- http://www.pw.org/content/william_pitt_root_1 William Pitt Root | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers
- Web site: William Pitt Root . 13 February 2024 .
- http://www.coloradopoetscenter.org/poets/root_william-pitt/ Colorado Poets Center : William Pitt Root
- http://www.gf.org/fellows/12470-william-pitt-root William Pitt Root – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- http://www.meachamwriters.org/writers/william-pitt-root.htm William Pitt Root
- http://www.ashevillepoetryreview.com/tag/william-pitt-root William Pitt Root
- https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/root/wherever.htm The Atlantic | January 2002 | Wherever | Root
- http://www.newyorker.com/search?qt=dismax&sort=score+desc&query=william+pitt+root+&submit= william pitt root | Search : The New Yorker
- Web site: Nothing found for Archive 1974 05 0022000.
- http://www.cutthroatmag.com/about.html About Us