Paul Jenkins is an American academic. He is Professor of Poetry at

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

. Jenkins received an

M.A. A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

and a Ph.D. degree from the

University of Washington, Seattle The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Unite ...

. Before moving to Hampshire, Jenkins taught at

Elms College The College of Our Lady of the Elms, often called Elms College, is a private Roman Catholic college in Chicopee, Massachusetts in the United States. History The Sisters of St. Joseph and the Diocese of Springfield co-founded Elms College as ...

and the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

Bibliography

*''Forget the Sky.'' Fort Collins, Colorado: L'Epervier Press, 1979. *''The Conservative Rebel: A Social History of Greenfield, Massachusetts.'' Greenfield, MA: Town of Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1982. * ''Radio Tooth.'' New York: Four Way, 1997. * ''Six Small Fires.'' New York: Four Way, 2002.

References

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