Haxton, Brooks

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HAXTON, Brooks

HAXTON, Brooks. American, b. 1950. Genres: Poetry. Career: Associate Professor of English, Syracuse University, 1993-. Resident Poet, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina, 1990-. Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University, New York, 1981-82, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1982-84, American University, Washington, D.C., 1983-84, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1984-85, and University of Maryland, College Park, 1984-85. Visiting Poet, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1985. Publications: POETRY: The Lay of Eleanor and Irene, 1985; Dominion, 1986; Dead Reckoning, 1989; Traveling Companion, 1989; The Sun at Night, 1995; V. Hugo, Selected Poems, 2002; Nakedness Death & the Number Zero, 2001; Uproar: Antiphones to the Psalms, 2004. TRANSLATIONS: Dances for Flute & Thunder, 1999; Fragments, the Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus, 2001. OTHER: Tennessee Williams, 1994. Contributor of poetry to periodicals. Address: English Department, 401 Hall of Languages, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A. Online address: bhaxton@syr.edu

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