Elton Glaser is an American poet. He has published collections of poetry and been published in literary magazines.
Life
He is a native of New Orleans, is a retired Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English from the University of Akron, and former editor of the Akron Series in Poetry.
He lives in Akron, Ohio.
Awards
- 2010 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Do the Do"
- 2009 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Slow Fuse Around the Cranium"
- 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White"
- 2002 Crab Orchard Award
Bibliography
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Collections
- Glaser, Elton (1984). Relics : poems. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-8195-2118-7.
- — (1988). Tropical depressions : poems. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-0-87745-201-0.
- — (1992). Color photographs of the ruins. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-3705-0.
- Glaser, Elton (2000). Winter amnesties. Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2305-0.
- — (2003). Pelican tracks. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2516-0.
- — (2005). Here and hereafter : poems. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-796-0.
- Glaser, Elton (2023). Ghost Variations. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-6719-4.
Poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undead White European Male | The Gettysburg Review | Howard, Richard; Lehman, David, eds. (1995). The Best American Poetry 1995. Simon and Schuster. pp. 77–79. ISBN 9781439106167. Retrieved 2015-02-18. | |
| Meditation in blue and white | 2003 | Glaser, Elton (2003). "Meditation in blue and white". The Marlboro Review. 14&15. Retrieved 2015-02-17. | |
| The coefficient of drag | 2006 | Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006) | |
| Exhaustion | 2006 | Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006) | |
| Least resistance | 2006 | Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006) | |
| Regression analysis | 2006 | Poetry Magazine (Spring 2006) | |
| Do the Do | 2010 | Glaser, Elton (2010). "Do the Do". Southern Poetry Review. 48 (2): 15–16. Retrieved 2015-02-17. | Henderson, Bill, ed. (2013). The Pushcart Prize XXXVII : best of the small presses 2013. Pushcart Press. pp. 78–79. |
References
- "Poet of the Month: Elton Glaser". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- "Elton Glaser | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-07-16.