James Galvin (poet)


James Galvin 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. Galvin has also written a memoir, The Meadow,, which recounts the hundred-year history of the ranch he owns on the Colorado–Wyoming border; and the novel Fencing the Sky, 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

Poetry

Everything We Always Knew Was True As Is X: Poems Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997 Lethal Frequencies Elements God's Mistress
  • ''Imaginary Timber''

Fiction

  • The Meadow
  • ''Fencing the Sky''