Douglas Crase (born 1944) is an American poet, essayist and critic. He was born in 1944 in

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. His poetry collection, ''The Revisionist'', was nominated for a

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. He is a former

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and the recipient of a Whiting Award. Crase lives in

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and Honesdale,

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. His work has been published in many collections, including his poem "Astropastoral", found in ''The KGB Bar Book Of Poems'' edited by David Lehman and Star Black.

Selected works

''The Revisionist'', ''The Astropastorals'' published by Pressed Wafer, ''Lines from London Terrace, Essays and Addresses','' ''The Revisionist and the Astropastorals'' published by Nightboat Books, ''AMERIFIL.TXT: A Commonplace Book (Poets On Poetry)'' and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: The First and Second Series Format

References

External links

Profile at The Whiting Foundation
* Douglas Crase and Frank Polach Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. American male poets American essayists American literary critics 1944 births Living people MacArthur Fellows American male essayists 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers {{US-poet-1940s-stub