Dennis Schmitz
Dennis Schmitz (August 11, 1937 – September 12, 2019) was an American poet.[1]
Life
[edit]Dennis Schmitz grew up in Dubuque, Iowa.[2] He graduated from Loras College and the University of Chicago, where he met and married Loretta D'Agostino in 1960; they have five children together. He has taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee[3] and California State University, Sacramento.[4] His former students include Raymond Carver,[5] Charlene Ungstad,[6] Gary Short,[7] and Gary Thompson.[8]
He opposes the death penalty and protests executions in California every time they take place.[9][10]
His work has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review,[11] American Poetry Review, The Nation, Paris Review,[12] the Chicago Review,[13] and Zyzzyva.[14]
He resided in Sacramento.[15]
Awards
[edit]- 2000–2002 Poet Laureate of Sacramento, California[16]
- 1987–1988 Shelley Memorial Award[17]
- 1978 Guggenheim Fellow[18]
- 1976–1977, 1985–1986, 1992–1993 Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts
Works
[edit]Poetry
[edit]- Our Music (Gunpowder Press, 2022)
- Animism (Oberlin College Press, 2014)
- The Truth Squad (Copper Canyon Press, 2002)
- About Night: Selected and New Poems (Oberlin College Press, 1993)
- Eden (University of Illinois Press, 1989)
- Singing (Ecco Press, 1985)
- String (Ecco Press, 1980)
- Goodwill, Inc (1976)
- Double Exposures (1971)
- We Weep for Our Strangeness (1969)
Editor
[edit]- The Sacramento Anthology of 100 Poems. Sacramento’s Poet Laureate Program; Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission.
References
[edit]- ^ Obituaries The Sacramento Bee (subscription required)
- ^ Voight, Sandye (September 18, 2003). "Poet making trek back to his Dubuque roots; Schmitz will give a reading tonight at the Carnegie-Stout Library". Dubuque Telegraph – Herald. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
- ^ Europa Publications, ed. (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-85743-178-0.
- ^ "Fall 2002 Journal". www.csus.edu. Archived from the original on January 27, 2003.
- ^ Carver, Raymond; Gentry, Marshall Bruce; Stull, William L (January 1990). Conversations with Raymond Carver. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-87805-449-7.
- ^ "Jane Crown's Poetry Radio Online Radio by the Jane Crown Show | BlogTalkRadio Month: 12/2008". www.blogtalkradio.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 30, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Sklenicka, Carol. Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life. New York: Scribner, 2009
- ^ "Cell Door Magazine - Poetry - Ashes Into The Wind by Steven King Ainsworth - Vol 002 Issue 03". www.lairdcarlson.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002.
- ^ "Sacramento Poetry Center: DENNIS SCHMITZ READING AT ART FOUNDRY FEB. 25". March 7, 2006.
- ^ "Alaska Quarterly Review". Alaska Quarterly Review. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ "The Paris Review - Summer 1975". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "Chicago Review". humanities.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on June 12, 2002.
- ^ "Poetry from Zyzzyva". Archived from the original on October 14, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "Dennis Schmitz". Poets & Writers. May 28, 1981. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ "Past Poets Laureate - Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission".
- ^ "Previous Award Winners". Archived from the original on November 1, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Bull, Catherine. "Dennis Schmitz's 'The California Phrasebook'".
- Eskimo Pie Girl (Rebecca Morrison). "Dennis Schmitz Poets".
- Sacramento Poetry Center. "Dennis Schmitz".
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