Background
Wilson, Keith Charles was born on December 26, 1927 in Clovis, New Mexico, United States. Son of Earl Charles and Marjorie Valentine (Edwards) Wilson.
(Poetry. Wilson's work is one poem, no matter how admirabl...)
Poetry. Wilson's work is one poem, no matter how admirable in its many parts - one mastery, and we are all richer for it - Theodore Enslin. A Native New Mexican and retired Naval Officer, decorated for his service in the Korean War, Keith Wilson is also a former Poet-in-Residence and Professor Emeritus at New Mexico State University. Wilson pioneered the Poetry in the Schools programs in New Mexico and Arizona. He is the author of over ten books of poetry, including Graves Registry, which was nominated for the National Book Award and the Lamont Prize. Wilson's LION'S GATE: SELECTED POEMS is also available from SPD.
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("Keith Wilson's Thantog (part of The Priesthood Quartette...)
"Keith Wilson's Thantog (part of The Priesthood Quartette) is a sequence of poems in priestly voices, heard from the ancient civilizations...dancing is meaning as it evolves in Wilson's beautifully measured poems. . . ." --from "The Passionate Few" Hayden Carruth, Harper's "Keith Wilson's voice, whether from deserts of New Mexico or the streets of Romania become a familiar one to many of us. We have been called to see in new ways through his always fresh and clear language for territories as close as the brush and hills just past our back gates to the those as distant and foreign as the tombs of Transylvania. It is therefore particularly exciting to be presented with this heretofore unpublished group of poems emanating from yet another facet of this man's personality." --Dave Slagel, Poet
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short story writer English educator poet
Wilson, Keith Charles was born on December 26, 1927 in Clovis, New Mexico, United States. Son of Earl Charles and Marjorie Valentine (Edwards) Wilson.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 1950. Master of Arts in English, University New Mexico, 1958.
Staff member Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1958-1960. Instructor English University Arizona, Tucson, 1960-1965. From assistant professor to full professor New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1965-1986.
Professor emeritus New Mexico State University, since 1987. Visiting poet University Kansas, Utah State University, University Sibiu, Romania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Visiting director workshops University New Mexico, Bowling Green State University, State University of New York, Cortland, Utah State University, Banff Art Center, Canada and others.
Consultant to Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines, 1972-1974, for National Education Association to Voice of America, 1975. Master poet New Mexico Poetry in the Schools Program. Distinguished visiting writer United States Naval Academy, 1998.
(Keith Wilson defines "Graves Registry" as a "Joint Servic...)
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Lieutenant United States Navy, 1950-1954, Korea. Member Rio Grande Institute.
Married Lorna Heloise Brigham, February 15, 1958. Children: Lorna Kathleen, Kristin Mavournin, Kevin O'Keith, Kerrin Noel.