Robert Stewart

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Prairie Village, KS
Kansas US
Email: 
StewartR@umkc.edu
Website: 
www.newletters.org

Author's Bio

Robert Stewart won a National Magazine Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors.  He served for many years as editor-in-chief of New Letters magazine and BkMk Press, and he directed New Letters on the Air, a national, public-radio series produced at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  He is a founding board member of Kansas City's The Writers Place and served for several years as board president.  He founded and ran for 36 years Midwest Poets Series on behalf of Rockhurst University in Kansas City, which hosts four nationally prominent writers a year.  

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
A Way of Happening (Serving House Books, 2026)
,
The Narrow Gate: Writing, Art & Values (Serving House Books, 2014)
,
Outside Language: Essays (Helicon Nine Editions, 2003)

Poetry

Books:
Higher (The Poetry Press of Press Americana, 2023)
,
Working Class (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2018)
,
Plumbers (BkMk Press-UMKC, 2017)
Prizes won: 

Prize Americana 2022, for Higher, from the Poetry Press of Press Americana.
National Magazine Award in editing, essay category 2008.
Finalist, National Magazine Award, essay category 2007.
Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence, American Association of University Women.
Finalist, PEN America Award for the Essay.

 

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
St. Louis
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Last update: Jul 20, 2025