Bruce Bond (born June 25, 1954) is an American poet and creative writing educator at the

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Formal education & academic career

Bond earned a

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degree in English from

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, a

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degree in English from

Claremont Graduate School The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university in Claremont, California, United States. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium which includes five undergraduate and two grad ...

, and a Masters in Music Performance degree from the Lamont School of Music of the

University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1864, it has an enrollment of approximately 5,700 undergraduate students and 7,200 graduate students. It is classified among "R1: D ...

. He then worked several years as a classical and jazz guitarist. In 1987, he earned a

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in English from the

. Since then, he has taught at the

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(in Canada), and the

, where he currently is a Regents Professor of English and Poetry Editor, with

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, of ''

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Works

Poetry

Criticism

Plurality and the Poetics of SelfPalgrave
(2019).
Immanent Distance: Poetry and the Metaphysics of the Near at Hand

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(2015). Bond's poetry has been published by ''

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The Yale Review ''The Yale Review'' is the oldest literary journal in the United States. It is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. It was founded in 1819 as ''The Christian Spectator'' to support Evangelicalism. Over time it began to publish more on ...

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Beloit Poetry Journal The ''Beloit Poetry Journal'' is an American poetry magazine established in 1950 at Beloit College.The Georgia Review ''The Georgia Review'' is a literary journal based in Athens, Georgia. Founded at University of Georgia in 1947, the journal features poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, and visual art. The journal has won National Magazine Awards for Ficti ...

,'' '' Raritan,'' ''

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Virginia Quarterly Review The ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established in 1925 by James Southall Wilson, at the request of University of Virginia president E. A. Alderman. This ''"National Journal of Literature and Discussio ...

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'', and other journals and anthologies.

Honors

Bond has received numerous honors, including the 2009 Kesterson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching,

. He is a past fellow of the NEA (2001–2002), the Texas Commission on the Arts (1998), the

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Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (2010),

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an author's conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1926, it has been called by ''The New Yorker'' "the oldest and most ...

(1993; assisted

Donald Justice Donald Rodney Justice (August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of creative writing who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980. Early life and education Justice was born on August 12, 1925, in Miami. He attended the ...

), Wesleyan Writers' Conference,

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(1996; assisted Henry Taylor),

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(1994; assisted

Anthony Hecht Anthony Evan Hecht (January 16, 1923 – October 20, 2004) was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, an ...

), the MacDowell Foundation (1993), the

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Corporation (1992),

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(1989), and other organizations. :* Richard Snyder Prize (2022) ''Vault'' https://www.ashlandpoetrypress.com/blog/2022/09/06/2022-richard-snyder-memorial-publication-prize-winner-is-bruce-bond :* Juniper Prize (2022) ''Patmos'' https://www.umasspress.com/9781625345615/patmos/ :* New Criterion Prize (2021) ''Behemoth'' https://www.amazon.com/Behemoth-Bruce-Bond/dp/1641771445 :* Schaffner Award for Literature in Music ''(2022)'' ''Liberation of Dissonance'' https://schaffnerpress.com/books/liberation-of-dissonance/ :* Meridian Editors Award in Poetry (from ''Meridian,'' 2020) :* Meringoff Prize (from Association of Literary Scholars, Critic, and Writers) (2019) https://alscw.org/news/winners-2018-alscw-meringoff-writing-awards/ :* Lawrence Goldstein Award (2018) ''Michigan Quarterly'' https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2018/04/mqr-announces-2017-literary-prizes/ :* Helen C. Smith Award (from Texas Institute of Letters) (2017) ''Gold Bee'' https://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/archives/TIL-awards-complete-history.pdf :* L.E. Philabaum Award ''Blackout Starlight'' ''https://lsupress.org/books/detail/blackout-starlight/'' :* River Styx International Poetry Award (2017) http://www.riverstyx.org/submit/poetry-contest/ :* Elixir Press Poetry Award (2017) ''Rise and Fall of the Lesser Sun Gods'' http://elixirpress.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-lesser-sun-gods :* Tampa Review Prize for Poetry (2017) ''Black Anthem'' https://www.amazon.com/Black-Anthem-Bruce-Bond/dp/1597321346 :* Lynda Hull Memorial Award (2017) ''Crazyhorse'' ''https://swamp-pink.cofc.edu/prizes/2017-crazyhorse-prize-winners-finalists/'' :* Crab Orchard Open Competition Book Prize (2016) ''Gold Bee'' http://siupress.com/series/crab-orchard-series-poetry?page=2 ''http://siupress.com/books/978-0-8093-3532-9'' :* Knightville Poetry Award (from ''The New Guard,'' 2012)

References

External links

Selections from ''For the Lost Cathedral'' on ''Blackbird,'' an online journal of literature and the arts

NEA feature: ''Thelonious Sphere Monk''

The poem, ''Audubon,'' on Poetry Daily
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