Christopher Gilbert
Christopher Gilbert (born August 1, 1949, Birmingham, Alabama-July 5, 2007) was an American poet.
Life
He is the son of Floyd and Rosie (Walker) Gilbert.[1] He grew up in Lansing, Michigan.
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1972, and PhD. in psychology from Clark University in 1986.[2]
He work appears in African-American Literary Review,[3] Callaloo, Crab Apple Review, Graham House Review, Indiana Review, Massachusetts Review, Ploughshares,[4] Urbanus, William & Mary Review, and New York Quarterly.[5]
His poem Any Good Throat, is on a monument in Jackson Square, Boston.[6]
He lived in Providence, Rhode Island.[7]
Awards
- 1983 Walt Whitman Award
- 1986 The Frost Place poet in residence
Works
Poetry
- Nikky Finney, ed. (2007). "Time with Stevie Wonder in It". The ringing ear. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2925-3.
- Across the Mutual Landscape. Graywolf Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-915308-48-4.
Anthologies
- Arnold Rampersad, Hilary Herbold, ed. (2006). The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512563-4.
- Fred Moramarco, Al Zolynas, ed. (1992). Men of Our Time: An Anthology of Male Poetry in Contemporary America. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2394-7.
- Sascha Feinstein, Yusef Komunyakaa, ed. (1991). The Jazz poetry anthology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20637-4.
Reviews
ACROSS THE MUTUAL LANDCAPE [sic] is a first collection of poems by a young black psychotherapist from a working-class background in Lansing, Mich., who acknowledges many musical influences but only a few literary ones. The book was chosen by Michael Harper for the 1983 Walt Whitman Award - a choice reflecting Mr. Harper's longstanding commitment to what is richest and most serious in black American poetry. Christopher Gilbert is a careful, craftsmanly writer. His subtle, syncopated rhythms make one think of jazz; but the syncopation is made audible, often, by the underlying presence of meter...[8]
References
- ^ Christopher Gilbert Biography - Selected writings - Poetry, Poets, American, and Psychologist - JRank Articles
- ^ Christopher Gilbert Biography - Selected writings - Poetry, Poets, American, and Psychologist - JRank Articles
- ^ http://aar.slu.edu/bkdescrb.html
- ^ Author Details
- ^ http://www.nyquarterly.org/issues/?id=20
- ^ http://nuweb.neu.edu/psullivan/jacksonone.html
- ^ Christopher Gilbert | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers
- ^ ALAN WILLIAMSON (June 23, 1985). "LOSS, DISCOVERY AND OTHER URGENIES". The New York Times.
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