Education
from Austin Peay State University and the Doctor of Philosophy in English and American Literature from the University of Florida (1976).
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Neal Bowers
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He received the Bachelor of Arts (1970) and Master of Arts He taught for thirty-one years at Iowa State University, earning the highest academic rank awarded by the university, Distinguished Professor. His regular courses included creative writing and modern and contemporary poetry. He retired from teaching in 2008.
In addition to his poetry, Bowers is best known for his defense of poetry in Words for the Taking: The Hunt for a Plagiarist (World War Norton, 1997).
As the victim of a bizarre and relentless literary thief, Bowers made a stand for intellectual property and the deeply personal nature of the creative process at a time when fewer and fewer scholars and writers believed in either. After publishing several articles expressing his dismay, most notably University Poetry, Incorporated.
(Poetry, July 2002), Bowers stopped writing poetry for more than a decade. Prior to that hiatus, he published hundreds of poems in such journals as Poetry (magazine), The New Yorker, Sewanee Review, Hudson Review, Shenandoah (magazine), and Virginia Quarterly Review, and his work was represented in over three dozen anthologies.
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Poetry Prize (Society of Midland Authors): Best book of poetry in 2002 for Out of the South. Union League Civic and Arts Poetry Prize (from Poetry), 1996. Frederick Bock Prize (from Poetry), 1991. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1989.Poetry Prize (Society of Midland Authors): Best book of poetry in 2002 for Out of the South. Union League Civic and Arts Poetry Prize (from Poetry), 1996. Frederick Bock Prize (from Poetry), 1991. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1989.