Hix, H.L. "Harvey"


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Laramie, WY
Email address
www.uwyo.edu
Albany County

Biographical and Professional Information

H.L. Hix is a professor and the director of the creative writing MFA program at the University of Wyoming. Hix was one of five finalists in 2006 for the National Book Award in poetry. He was nominated for Chromatic, three sequences of poems that explore the full range of effects caused by human desire, from ecstasy to suffering. He has authored five books of poetry and five volumes of prose, and edited three books. His poetry has been recognized with the Grolier Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Peregrine Smith Award, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Genres

Nonfiction
Poetry

Titles

  • Chromatic (2006). Youngstown, OH: Etruscan Press. ISBN-10: 0974599565. ISBN-13: 978-0974599564.
  • Shadows of Houses (2004). Silver Spring, MD: Etruscan Press. ISBN: 0974599549.
  • Wild and Whirling Words: A poetic conversation (Editor) (2004). Silver Spring, MD: Etruscan Press. ISBN: 0974599506.
  • As Easy as Lying: Essays on Poetry (2002). Silver Spring, MD: Etruscan Press. ISBN: 0971822832.
  • Surely as Birds Fly (2002). Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press. ISBN: 1931112053.
  • Understanding William H. Gass (2002). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN: 1570034729.
  • Rational Numbers: Poems (2000). Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press. ISBN: 0943549809.
  • Poets at Large: 25 poets in 25 homes (Editor) (1997). Kansas City, MO: Helicon Nine Editions. ISBN: 1884235190.
  • Understanding W.S. Merwin (1997). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN: 1570031541.
  • Perfect Hell (1996). Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith. ISBN: 0879057807.
  • Spirits Hovering Over the Ashes: Legacies of Postmodern Theory (1995). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN: 0791425150.
  • Morte d'author: An autopsy (1990). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. ISBN: 0877227349.

Speaking Engagements

Accepts speaking engagements.
Contact:

Upcoming appearances

Equality State Book Festival Sept 18-20, 2008 Casper, Wyoming.


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