H. L. Hix, Professor
MFA Program Director


 Contact Information

English Dept - 3353
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, Wyoming 82071-2000
phone: 307-766-5247
 Hoyt 407
Email: hhix@uwyo.edu

 

Educational Background

PhD, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
MA, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 1985
BA, English & Philosophy, Belmont University, 1982, magna cum laude


Academic Positions

MFA Program Director, Professor, University of Wyoming, 2005-
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2002-2005
Director, School of Liberal Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, 2000-2002
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kansas City Art Institute, Sept. 1996-May 1998
Professor, Kansas City Art Institute, 1998-2002
Associate Professor, Kansas City Art Institute, 1994-1998
Assistant Professor, Kansas City Art Institute, 1988-1994
Lecturer-in-Residence, Kansas City Art Institute, 1987-1988

Honors & Distinctions

NEA Fellowship
KCAI Teaching Excellence Award
T.S. Eliot Prize


Selected Publications

Poetry Books:

Chromatic. Etruscan Press (forthcoming 2006).
Shadows of Houses. Etruscan Press (2005).
Surely As Birds Fly. Truman State University Press (2002).
Rational Numbers. Truman State University Press (2000).
Perfect Hell. Gibbs Smith (1996).

 

Translations:

On the Way Home: An Anthology of Contemporary Estonian Poetry. Translated with Jüri Talvet. Sarup & Sons (forthcoming 2006).
A Call for Cultural Symbiosis: Meditations from U. Jüri Talvet. Guernica Editions (2004).
City of Ash. Eugenijus Ališanka. Northwestern University Press (2000).

Prose Books:

As Easy As Lying: Essays on Poetry. Etruscan Press (2002).
Understanding William H. Gass. University of South Carolina Press (2002).
Understanding W.S. Merwin. University of South Carolina Press (1997).
Spirits Hovering Over the Ashes. SUNY Press (1995).
Morte d'Author: An Autopsy. Temple University Press (1990).

Edited Books:

Wild and Whirling Words. Etruscan Press (2004).
A Casebook on The Tunnel. Web-published, Dalkey Archive (2000).
Poets At Large: 25 Poets in 25 Homes. Helicon Nine (1997).

 

 

Interests & Hobbies

In addition to writing and teaching, Harvey enjoys weeding his flower garden, running in the thin air of Laramie, and traveling.

 

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