Saturday, June 25, 2011

Santa Claus: Santa Cruz — Robert Sward


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ROBERT SWARD has taught at Cornell University, the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and UC Santa Cruz. Former Fulbright scholar at the University of Bristol and Guggenheim Fellow for Poetry, he was chosen by Lucille Clifton to receive a Villa Montalvo Literary Arts Award. His 18 books include: Heavenly Sex (just published); Rosicrucian in the Basement, from Black Moss Press; and Four Incarnations (Coffee House Press). He is also the author of two novels, The Jurassic Shales and A Much-Married Man, plus the Canadian bestseller, The Toronto Islands, an Illustrated History. Widely published in traditional literary magazines (The New Yorker, Poetry Chicago, The Hudson Review…) and anthologies (The Bedford Introduction to Literature…), Sward, noted as a “bridge person” between hard copy academic periodicals and literary eZines, serves now as contributing editor to "Web Del Sol," "Alsop Review," "Blue Moon Review" and other Internet literary web sites. He is currently touring the U.S. and Canada with Heavenly Sex. His Collected Poems 1957-2004,  is due out soon from Black Moss Press.
www.robertsward.com

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