Arthur J. Stewart

Poet

N/A

Lenoir City, TN 37771-7898

Phone:

865-256-5935

Email:

astewa11@utk.edu

Website:

tinyurl.com/rnzzfs39

Author's Bio

My niche is science-inspired poetry; I advocate including poetry as reading fodder for scientists as a way to encourage creativity and better science writing, and I encourage incorporating science-inspired poetry into STEM classes, from K12 on up into graduate school.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Knoxville Bound (Metropulse Publishing, 2004)

Breathing the Same Air: An East Tennesee Anthology (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2001)

All Around Us: Poems from the Valley (Blue Ridge Publishing, 1996)

Books:

Elements of Chance (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2017)

From Where We Came (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2015)

Circle, Turtle, Ashes (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2013)

The Ghost in the Word (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2013)

Bushido: The Virtues of Rei and Makoto (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2005)

Rough Ascension and Other Poems of Science (Celtic Cat Publishing, 2003)

Journals:

Big Muddy

Eclectic Literary Forum

JAMA

Lullwater Review

New Millennium Writings

Now & Then

Quantum Tao

Rattle

Sow's Ear Poetry Review

The American Biology Teacher

Prizes won:

East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame - Poetry (inducted, 2013)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

A.R. Ammons, William Carlos Williams, Mary Oliver

What I'm reading now:

Logjam by Arthur J Stewart, Uncoils a Snake by Arthur J Stewart

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Appalachian

Prefers to work with:

Naturalists/Environmentalists, Teachers

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Michigan City, IN

Indiana

Raised in:

Goodyear, AZ

Arizona

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Last update: Nov 18, 2022