David Stephenson is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

and engineer. He graduated from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

and from the

University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

with degrees in engineering. His work has appeared in ''California Quarterly, Edge City Review, The Formalist, Hellas, The Lyric, Pivot, and Slant''. His seminal work, ''Rhythm and Blues,'' won the Richard Wilbur Award in 2007; this compelling work focused on post-industrial

Americana Americana may refer to: *Americana music, a genre or style of American music * Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States Film, radio and television * ''Americana'' (1981 film), an American drama film * ''Americana'' (20 ...

, largely drawn from his

Rust Belt The Rust Belt, formerly the Steel Belt or Factory Belt, is an area of the United States that underwent substantial Deindustrialization, industrial decline in the late 20th century. The region is centered in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (Uni ...

upbringing. He lives in

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

Awards

* Margaret Haley Carpenter Prize * Howard Nemerov Award three-time finalist * Richard Wilbur Award (2007)

Works

"Bunker"
''Able Muse'' *''Rhythm and Blues'' University of Evansville Press, January 1, 2008,

Reviews

This is a book you rush through as if on oiled tracks—and before you know it the ride is over. The joy of the trip is partly due to the straightforwardness of the poems— recognizable situations, narrative and idea easily expressed, lack of complicated rhetorical devices

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephenson, David American male poets MIT School of Engineering alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni Living people Poets from Michigan Year of birth missing (living people)