Lawrence Raab (born 1946, in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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) is an American poet.
Life
Raab graduated from
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists, Middlebury w ...
in 1968, and from
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
with an MA in 1972.
He taught at
American University
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(1970 to 71),
University of Michigan
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, and
Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...
(1976 to present). His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'' and the ''Virginia Quarterly Review''.
He lives in
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williamstown is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It shares a border with Vermont to the north and New York to the west. Located in Berkshire County, the town is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts metropolitan statis ...
.
Awards
* 1992
National Poetry Series
The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.
Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and c ...
, for ''What we don't know about each other''
* 2007
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Guggenheim Fellowship profile
Poetry collection
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References
External links
"Camouflage", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Winter 2003 "Saint George’s Dragon", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Winter 2003 "A Night’s Museum", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Autumn 1977
* Audio
Lawrence Raab reads Two Riddles
from ''The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation''
A series of correspondence between poet Lawrence Raab and novelist Jonathan Baumbach
for InDigest
Lawrence Raab papers
at Williams College Archives & Special Collections
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1946 births
Living people
American male poets
University of Michigan faculty