Joseph Millar
Encyclopedia
Joseph Millar is an American
poet
. He was raised in western Pennsylvania
and after an adult life spent mostly in the SF Bay Area and the Northwest, now lives in North Carolina.
degree from Johns Hopkins University
in 1970. He has worked as a telephone installation foreman and commercial fisherman and in 1997 gave up this blue collar life to try his hand at teaching. He has poems about fatherhood, labor, relationships and the life of the American man in the 20th Century.
His work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including
The Alaska Quarterly Review
, "DoubleTake," Ploughshares
, Poetry International, and Prairie Schooner
, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, New Letters, Raleigh Review and Shenandoah.
He has taught at Mount Hood Community College
, Oregon State University
. He now teaches in the MFA
in Writing Program at Pacific University
and the Esalen Institute.
He is married to poet Dorianne Laux
; they live in Raleigh, North Carolina.
United States
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He was raised in western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
and after an adult life spent mostly in the SF Bay Area and the Northwest, now lives in North Carolina.
Life
Millar received an MAMaster of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in 1970. He has worked as a telephone installation foreman and commercial fisherman and in 1997 gave up this blue collar life to try his hand at teaching. He has poems about fatherhood, labor, relationships and the life of the American man in the 20th Century.
His work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including
The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review
The Alaska Quarterly Review is a biannual literary journal founded in 1980 by Ronald Spatz and James Liszka at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ronald Spatz serves as editor-in-chief...
, "DoubleTake," Ploughshares
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
, Poetry International, and Prairie Schooner
Prairie Schooner (magazine)
Prairie Schooner is a literary magazine published quarterly at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the cooperation of UNL's English Department and the University of Nebraska Press...
, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, New Letters, Raleigh Review and Shenandoah.
He has taught at Mount Hood Community College
Mount Hood Community College
Mt. Hood Community College is a public community college in Gresham, Oregon, United States, named after Mount Hood. Opened in 1966, MHCC enrolls nearly 26,000 students each year and offers classes at the main campus in Gresham, the MHCC Maywood Park Center, and evening education centers at area...
, Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
. He now teaches in the MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in Writing Program at Pacific University
Pacific University
Pacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...
and the Esalen Institute.
He is married to poet Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux is an American poet.-Biography:Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. Laux taught at the University of Oregon...
; they live in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Awards
In 2002, Millar was awarded a Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2008 his work won a Pushcart Prize. He has also been the recipient of grants from the Montalvo Center for the Arts and from Oregon Literary Arts.Works
His writing includes two books of poetry, Overtime (2001), a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and Fortune (2006). A third collection, Blue Rust," is due out from Carnegie Mellon University Press in fall of 2011. He has also published two chapbooks, "Slow Dancer", Cherry Valley Editions, 1992, "Nightbound", Idaho Review Press, 2009 and a third, "Bestiary," from Red Dragonfly Press to be published in summer of 2010.External links
- Pacific University MFA Faculty
- http://www.JosephMillar.org