Linda Gregerson

Author of Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014

About the Author

Linda Gregerson is the Caroline Walker Bynum Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, where she also directs the Helen Zell Writers' Program. She is the author of six books of poetry and two books of criticism, and the coeditor of a show more collection of scholarly essays. show less

Works by Linda Gregerson

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Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014 (2015) 51 copies, 1 review

The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep (1996) 49 copies

Magnetic North (2007) 44 copies

Waterborne: Poems (2002) 41 copies

Canopy: Poems (2022) 26 copies

Empires of God: Religious Encounters in the Early Modern Atlantic (2010) 17 copies

Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry (Poets on Poetry) (2001) 16 copies

The Selvage: Poems (2012) 12 copies

Fire in the conservatory : poems (1982) 10 copies

The Reformation of the Subject: Spenser, Milton, and the English Protestant Epic (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture) (1995) 5 copies

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The Odes of Horace (0023) — Translator, some editions — 965 copies, 7 reviews

The Best American Poetry 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 237 copies, 1 review

Granta 115: The F Word (2011) — Contributor — 121 copies

The Best American Poetry 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 120 copies, 4 reviews

The Best American Poetry 1991 (1991) — Contributor — 95 copies

The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them (2016) — Contributor — 77 copies

2011 Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses (2010) — Contributor — 39 copies

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Gender: female
Education: Oberlin College
Northwestern University
University of Iowa
Stanford University
Occupations: professor
Awards and honors: American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 2002)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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PRODIGAL PA by Linda Gregerson

Prodigal New and Selected Poems: 1976-2014 by Linda Gregerson pushes the reader to think through use of creative and provocative language. Many poems that feel simple on the surface hold an underlying complexity. The poems reminded me that often speaking in seemingly straightforward language can push readers to think beyond the words presented. There's a reverence and an irreverence woven through the poems in ways that connect the unconnected demonstrating just how connected the world truly show more is. Prodigal lives up to its name in that it examines how reckless and wasteful human beings can truly be but also demonstrates there is hope to find our way again. show less

Dec 15, 2024