Gibbons Ruark

Author's Bio

Eight collections of poems;readings in half of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland; 40-year teaching career, now retired in birthplace of Raleigh, North Carolina

Publications and Prizes

Books:

Staying Blue (Lost Hills Books, 2008), Passing Through Customs: New and Selected Poems (Louisiana State University Press, 1999), Rescue the Perishing (Louisiana State University Press, 1991), Keeping Company (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983), Reeds (Texas Tech University Press, 1978), A Program for Survival (University of Virginia Press, 1971)

Journals:

New Republic, Poetry Chicago, Shenandoah, The New Yorker

Prizes:

3 NEA Fellowships, Saxifrage Prize for Keeping Company, Pushcart Prize, Residencies at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland

Gibbons Ruark Resume

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Listing last updated: November 11, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Raleigh, NC

Raised in: