Linda Gregerson

Michigan, United States

Member Since: 08/22/2012


Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gregerso/


Publications

  • Prodigal: New and Selected Poems , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (September 1, 2015)
  • The Selvage (poems) , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012)
  • Empires of God: Religious Encounters in the Early Modern Atlantic (c0-editor) , University of Pennsylvania Press (2011)
  • Magnetic North (poems) , Houghton MIfflin (2007)
  • Waterborne (poems) , Houghton MIfflin (2002)
  • Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry , University of Michigan Press (2001)
  • The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep (poems) , Houghton Mifflin (1996)
  • The Reformation of the Subject: Spenser, Milton, and the English Protestant Epic , Cambridge University Press (1995)
  • Fire in the Conservatory , Dragon Gate (1982)

Awards

  • Chancellor, Academy of American Poets(2015)
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences(2014)
  • Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professorship, University of Michigan(2008)
  • Finalist, National Book Award(2007)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship(2002)
  • Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professorship ,University of Michigan(2003)
  • Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award(2003)
  • Academy Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters(2002)

Employment

  • Professor of English at University of Michigan (September 1987 - )

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts in English/Theatre from Oberlin College (June 1971)
  • Master of Arts in English Renaissance Literature from Northwestern University (June 1972)
  • Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Iowa Writers Workshop (June 1977)
  • Doctoral Degree in English Renaissance Literature from Stanford University (June 1987)

Genres of Interest

Poetry