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Shaw, Robert Burns was born on July 16, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gordon Walter and Elizabeth Anne Shaw.
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Comforting the Wilderness
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Solving For X: Poems (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize)
( In Solving for X, his award-winning collection of new p...)
In Solving for X, his award-winning collection of new poems, Robert B. Shaw probes the familiar and encounters the unexpected; in the apparently random he discerns a hidden order. Throughout, Shaw ponders the human frailties and strengths that continue to characterize us, with glances at the stresses of these millennial times that now test our mettle and jar our complacency. Often touched with humor, his perceptions are grounded in devoted observation of the changing world. As in his previous collections, Shaw in these poems unites conversational vigor with finely crafted metrical lines. Final judge Rachel Hadas says it best: Solving for X is droll and puzzled, elegiac and satirical in equal measure. Shaw's attention alights on a variety of more and less tangible thingsa seed catalog, a shirt, a bad book, a request for a letter of recommendation, an irritating colleagues’s deathwhich his masterfully packed lines then proceed to light up with deliberate and unforgettable authority.”
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The Post Office Murals Restored
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- The Wonder of Seeing Double: Poems (Book by Shaw, Robert Burns)
Robert Burns Shaw
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Robert Burns Shaw, American poet, educator. Recipient James Boatwright prize for poetry, 1992, Hollis Summers prize, 2002; Creative Writing fellow National Education Association, 1987, fellow Ingram Merrill Foundation, 1990. Member Association Literary Scholars and Critics, Authors Guild, Poetry Society of America, Academy American Poets.
Education
Bachelor, Harvard College, 1969. Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1974.
Career
Briggs-Copeland lecturer English Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976. From assistant professor to associate professor English Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1983. Associate professor English Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1983-1991, professor English, since 1991.
Visiting professor University Florida, Gainesville, spring 1996.
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Solving For X: Poems (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize)
( In Solving for X, his award-winning collection of new p...)
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The Wonder of Seeing Double: Poems
(Book by Shaw, Robert Burns)
- Comforting the Wilderness
- The Post Office Murals Restored
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Solving For X: Poems (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize)
Membership
Member Association Literary Scholars and Critics, Authors Guild, Poetry Society of America, Academy American Poets.
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Married Nancy Anne Olenchuk, June 21, 1969. Children: Catherine Frances, Anthony Peter Gordon.
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Democrat
Education
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1969
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1973
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1974
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Recipient James Boatwright prize for poetry, 1992, Hollis Summers prize, 2002. Creative Writing fellow National Education Association, 1987, fellow Ingram Merrill Foundation, 1990.Recipient James Boatwright prize for poetry, 1992, Hollis Summers prize, 2002. Creative Writing fellow National Education Association, 1987, fellow Ingram Merrill Foundation, 1990.