Brad Leithauser
Author of The Art Student's War
About the Author
Brad Leithauser is an Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Mount Holyoke College.
Image credit: Michael Malyszyko
Works by Brad Leithauser
Ghost Stories 1 copy
Associated Works
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributor — 186 copies
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 152 copies
Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Contributor — 34 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1953-02-27
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Kyoto, Japan
Italy
England, UK
Iceland
France - Education
- Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Cranbrook School - Occupations
- poet
novelist
essayist
teacher - Relationships
- Salter, Mary Jo (wife)
- Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University
Mount Holyoke College - Awards and honors
- Amy Lowell Travelling Fellowship in Poetry (1981-1982)
Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award (1983)
Guggenheim Fellowship
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Reviews
Can't figure out how to rate this one. Definitely enjoyed the book and its form—but can't figure out whether it was my own (pretty baseless) bias against overt rhyme that cast an unfair judgment upon it or what.
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The pen and ink illustrations are far stronger to me than the poetry- didn't really have any strong feelings about most of the poems, but the illustrations are wonderful (I particularly like the pangolin with the pitcher plants even though Sarracenia are native to North America, not Asia). A lovely addition to our shelves.… (more)