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James Galvin (born 1951) is the author of seven volumes of poetry, a memoir, and a novel. He teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in Iowa City, Iowa.

Biography

Galvin was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1951 and was raised in Northern Colorado. He earned a BA from Antioch College in 1974 and an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1977.

After receiving his MFA, Galvin taught at Murray State University in Kentucky for two years and Humboldt State University in California for three years. He later joined the faculty at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he continues to teach each year.

Galvin has published seven poetry collections and a compilation of his work, Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975–1997 (Copper Canyon Press, 1997). Galvin has also written a memoir, The Meadow, (Henry Holt, 1992), which recounts the hundred-year history of the ranch he owns on the Colorado–Wyoming border; and the novel Fencing the Sky (Henry Holt, 1999), about the destruction of rangelands and concomitant social changes in the western United States.

Galvin has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Galvin divides his time between Iowa City and Wyoming.

Awards

• Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Award
• Lannan Literary Award 2002 for X: Poems
• Guggenheim Fellowship
• Ingram Merrill Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
• Finalist, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997

Poetry

• Everything We Always Knew Was True (Copper Canyon Press, 2016)
• As Is (Copper Canyon Press, 2009)
• X: Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2003)
• Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997 (Copper Canyon Press, 1997)
• Lethal Frequencies (Copper Canyon Press, 1995)
• Elements (Copper Canyon Press, 1988)
• God's Mistress (Harper Collins, 1984)
• Imaginary Timber (Doubleday, 1980)

Fiction

• The Meadow (Henry Holt, 1992)
• Fencing the Sky (Henry Holt, 1999)

References

1. ^ "James Galvin". Writing University. University of Iowa. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
2. ^ "James Galvin b 1951". Poetry foundation. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. "The Meadow". Kirkus Reviews. February 15, 1992. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
4. "Fencing the Sky". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 1999. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
5. ^ "poet James Galvin". Poets.org. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
6. "James Galvin 2002 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry". Lannan. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

• American male poets
• Antioch College alumni
• Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty
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• 1951 births
• Poets from Chicago
• Poets from Colorado
• Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
• Murray State University faculty
• California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt faculty
• 20th-century American poets
• 20th-century American male writers
• 21st-century American poets
• 21st-century American male writers
• National Endowment for the Arts Fellows