Professor of English
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8722

E-mail: GrahamD@ripon.edu

Personal Web Page

Education

• M.F.A. in English, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• B.A., Dartmouth

Awards and Honors

• Runner-up, Wisconsin Academy Review poetry contest, 2002
• Poet-in-Residence, The Frost Place, Franconia, New Hampshire, 1996
• May Bumby Severy Award for excellence in teaching, Ripon College, 1993
• Winner, Devil's Millhopper Chapbook Contest, 1989
• Runner-up, Associated Writing Programs Award Series, 1989
• Winner, Flume Press Poetry Chapbook Contest, 1986
• The Washington Prize, Honorable Mention, 1985
• Margaret Bridgman Scholar in Poetry, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1984
• Academy of American Poets Award, University of Massachusetts, 1980

Areas of Interest

• Creative Writing
• Poetry
• American Literature
• Caribbean Literature
• Nature Poetry
• Autobiographical Poetry

Recent Publications

Books of poetry:

• David Graham: Greatest Hits 1975-2000. Pudding House Publications, 2001
• Stutter Monk. Flume Press, 2000
• Doggedness. Devil's Millhopper Press, 1991
• Second Wind. Texas Tech University Press, 1990
• Magic Shows. Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1986
• Common Waters. Flume Press, 1986

Anthology:

• After Confession: Poetry as Autobiography. (co-edited with Kate Sontag) Graywolf Press, 2001
• Poems, reviews and essays also published in a wide variety of anthologies and journals.

Current Courses Taught

• Eng 110: Literature & Composition
• Eng 200: Topics in Literature: Poetry Aloud
• Eng 211: Creative Writing/Poetry
• Eng 213: Creative Writing/Fiction
• Eng 246: The American Experience
• Eng 260: Topics in Cultural Identity: Voices from the West Indies
• Eng 312: Creative Writing Workshop
• Eng 320: Period Studies: Contemporary Literature
• Eng 430: Senior Seminar