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Robert Griffith

Writing professor

Education

  • M.F.A., creative writing, University of Arkansas
  • B.A., English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Credentials

Selected teaching experience

  • Professor of writing, Fall 2022—present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Professor of English and creative writing, 2000–22, University of Evansville, IN
  • Professor of English and creative writing, 2003, 2009, 2015, Harlaxton College, Grantham, England
  • Lecturer in English, 1996–2000, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Selected administrative experience

  • Chair, Department of Creative Writing, University of Evansville
  • Publisher, Measure Press, Inc.
  • Director, University of Evansville Press
  • Director, Richard Wilbur Book Award
  • Director, University of Evansville First-Year Seminar Program
  • Director, Harlaxton Summer Writing Program in Grantham, England
  • Director, Student Writers of Indiana Program

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Nomination, Pushcart Prize, "Saint Me," 2014
  • Nomination, "The Moon from Every Window," Poets' Prize, 2013
  • Sadelle and Sydney Berger Outstanding Scholar Award, University of Evansville, 2011
  • Winner, Best Book of lndiana award, 2008
  • Finalist, University of Arkansas Book Award, 2006
  • University of Evansville Outstanding Teacher Award, 2005
  • Nomination, Pushcart Prize, 2005
  • Finalist, Prairie Schooner Book Prize, 2004
  • Finalist, Wisconsin Press Book Prize, 2003
  • Finalist, Middle Tennessee Chapbook Prize, 2003
  • Winner, Tennessee Chapbook Prize, Middle Tennessee State University, 1999
  • Fellowship for Irish Studies, University of Arkansas, 2000
  • Nomination, Pushcart Prize XXV, 2020
  • Literary Award for Poetry, Another Chicago Magazine (ACM), 1999
  • Tennessee Williams Scholarship for Poetry, The University of the South, Sewanee Writer's Conference, 1999

Publications and presentations

Books

  • Engines of Night, novel, Hydra Publications, Fall 2022.
  • The Devil in the Milk, poetry, Kelsay Books, Fall 2017).
  • The Moon from Every Window, David Robert Books, Fall 2011.
  • A Matinee in Plato's Cave, poetry, Water Press & Media, Feb. 2008.
  • Poisoning Caesar, poetry chapbook, Finishing Line Press, Oct. 2004.
  • Necessary Alchemy, poetry chapbook, Middle Tennessee State University Press, March 1999.

Selected poems and essays

  • Linguistics," E-Verse Radio, 2019
  • Peter Pan and His Shadow, Poetry East, 2019
  • Entanglement, Abyss & Apex, 2019
  • Green Heaven, The Orchards, 2018
  • Morning Song, The Orchards, 2018
  • Anatomy, The Hopkins Review, 2017
  • Why I Shouldn't Have Read My Daughter The Shining, Exposition Review, 2017
  • Storm Light, Exposition Review, 2017
  • The Barn Owl, Sewanee Theological Review, 2016
  • The End of Time, San Diego Reader, 2016
  • The Dark between the Stars, San Diego Reader, 2016
  • Geometry, San Diego Reader, 2016
  • Stones, First Things, 2016
  • Columba's Novice Complains, Unsplendid, 2016

Selected readings and appearances

  • Harlaxton College, May 2017
  • Sewanee Writers' Conference, 2015
  • Furman University, SC, 2014
  • Sewanee Writers' Conference, 2014
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, 2014
  • King University, Bristol, TN, 2014
  • PG Coffeehouse, Evansville, IN, 2014
  • Kentucky Bluegrass Museum, Owensboro, KY, 2014
  • Harlaxton College, 2013
  • Oxford Conference for the Book, University of Mississippi, Oxford, 2013
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France, 2013

Selected editor

  • Yezzi, David. More Things in Heaven: New & Selected Poems, Evansville: Measure Press, 2022.
  • Hadas, Rachel. Love and Dread, Evansville: Measure Press, 2021.
  • Hilbert, Ernest. Last One Out, Evansville: Measure Press, 2019.
  • Brodeur, Brian. Every Hour Is Late. Evansville: Measure Press, 2019.
  • Balbo, Ned. 3 Nights of the Perseids. Evansville: UE Press, 2019.
  • Baer, William. Formal Salutations: New & Selected Poems. Measure Press, 2019.
  • Hadas, Rachel. Poems for Camilla. Evansville: Measure Press, 2018.
  • Tavel, Adam. Catafalque. Evansville: UE Press, 2018.
  • Chandler, Catherine. The Frangible Hour. Evansville: UE Press, 2017.
  • Gray, Juliana. Honeymoon Palsy. Evansville: Measure Press, 2017.
  • Mills, Wil. The World That Isn't There. Evansville: Measure Press, 2017.
  • Mills, Wil. Arriving on Time. Evansville: Measure Press, 2017.
  • Woodard, Chelsea. Solitary Bee. Evansville: Measure Press, 2016.