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Albert Goldbarth (born January 31, 1948) is an
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. He has won the
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award for "Saving Lives" (2001) and "Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology" (1991), the only poet to receive the honor two times. He also won the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry, awarded by the
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, in 2008. Goldbarth is a fellow of the
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and the
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. The poetry of Albert Goldbarth is widely praised, and he has published extensively, with more than 30 collections to his credit, including poetry and essays. He is known for his prolific production, his gregarious tone, his eclectic interests - especially in science and scientists - and his distinctive "talky" style. In his review of ''Kitchen Sink'', David Baker of ''
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'' says: "Albert Goldbarth is ... a contemporary genius with the language itself ... There is simply no contemporary poet like him." Goldbarth was awarded The Chad Walsh Poetry Prize by the
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in 1969 and his MFA from the
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in 1971. Goldbarth taught at Cornell University and from 1977 to 1987 at the
University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...
. From 1987 to 2018, he served as the Adelle V. Davis Distinguished Professor of Humanities at
Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
, which houses the Goldbarth Archive in Ablah Library.


Works

*''Coprolites'' (1973, poetry) *''Jan 31'' (1974, poetry) *''Opticks'' (1974, poetry) *''Keeping'' (1975, poetry) *''Comings Back'' (1976, poetry) *''Curve, Overlapping Narratives'' (1977, poetry) *''Different Fleshes, a Novel/Poem'' (1979, poetry) *''Ink, Blood, Semen'' (1980, poetry) *''The Smuggler's Handbook'' (1980, poetry) *''Faith'' (1981, poetry) *''Eurekas'' (1981, poetry) *''Goldbarth's Book of Occult Phenomena'' (1982, poetry) *''Who Gathered and Whispered Behind Me'' (1981, poetry) *''Original Light'' (1983, poetry) *''Arts & Sciences'' (1986, poetry) *''Sympathy of Souls'' (1990, essays) *''Delft'' (1990, essay-poem) *''Popular Culture'' (1990, poetry) *''Heaven and Earth, A Cosmology'' (1991, poetry) *''The Gods'' (1993, poetry) *''Across the Layers'' (1993, poetry) *''Marriage, and Other Science Fiction'' (1994, poetry) *''Great Topics of the World, Essays'' (1994, essays) *''Adventures in Ancient Egypt'' (1996, poetry) *''A Lineage of Ragpickers, Songpluckers, Elegiasts & Jewelers'' (Time Being Books, 1996) *''Beyond'' (1998, poetry) *''Dark Waves and Light Matter'' (1999, essays) *''Many Circles'' (2001, essays) *''Saving Lives'' (2001, poetry) *''Combinations of the Universe'' (2002, poetry) *''Pieces of Payne'' (2003, novel) *''Budget Travel through Space and Time'' (
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, 2005, poetry) *''Griffin'' (2007, essays) *''The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems 1972-2007'' (
Graywolf Press Graywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the College of Saint Benedict, the Mel ...
, 2007, poetry) *''To Be Read in 500 Years: Poems'' (
Graywolf Press Graywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the College of Saint Benedict, the Mel ...
, 2009, poetry) *''The End of Space'' (2012, essays) *''Everyday People'' (2012, poetry) *''Keats's Phrase'' (2012, poetry) *''Selfish'' (
Graywolf Press Graywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the College of Saint Benedict, the Mel ...
, 2015, poetry) *''The Loves and Wars of Relative Scale: Poems'' (2017, poetry) *''The Adventures of Form and Content: Essays'' (
Graywolf Press Graywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Graywolf Press collaborates with organizations such as the College of Saint Benedict, the Mel ...
, 2017, essays)


See also

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Poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...


References


External links


Albert Goldbarth's “Library″ Albert Goldbarth: 2013 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)PBS NewsHour - Junk Man: Poet and Professor Albert Goldbarth (2009)
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