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DAVID ST. JOHN CURRICULUM VITAE (October 2017)ADDRESSDepartment of EnglishTHH 404University of Sothern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA. 90089-0354Educational PreparationIowa Writers' Workshop The University of Iowa M.F.A.,1972-1974;English/CreativeWritingCalifornia State University, Fresno B.A.,1967-1972; English/Creative WritingProfessional ExperienceTeaching/Writing Fellow Iowa Writers' Workshop The University of Iowa 1973-74Assistant ProfessorDepartment of English OberlinCollege 1975-77Acting Director Department of Creative Writing 1977Assistant ProfessorThe Writing SeminarsThe Johns Hopkins University1977-1981Associate ProfessorThe Writing SeminarsThe Johns Hopkins University1981-1987ProfessorDepartment of EnglishThe University of SouthernCalifornia 1987-currentlyDirector of Creative Writing1994-2001 Director of Ph.D. Program in Literature and Creative Writing, 2003-2006 Chair, Department of English 2014-present University Professor, 2015-present Books (poetry)HUSH; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Republished byThe Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.THE SHORE; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980.NO HEAVEN; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.TERRACES OF RAIN: An Italian Sketchbook (fine press edition with drawings by Antoine Predock); Recursos Books, Santa Fe Literary Arts Center, 1991. STUDY FOR THE WORLD'S BODY: New and Selected Poems; HarperCollins 1994.IN THE PINES: LOST POEMS, 1972-1997; White Pine Press, 1999; second edition 2016.THE RED LEAVES OF NIGHT; HarperCollins, 1999. PRISM; (with photographs by Lance Patigian); Arctos Press, 2002. THE FACE: A Novella in Verse; HarperCollins, 2004. THE AURORAS; HarperCollins, 2012. THE WINDOW; Arctos Press, 2014. THE LAST TROUBADOUR: New and Selected Poems; Ecco/HarperCollins, 2017.Edited Books (poetry)THE SELECTED LEVIS (The Poetry of Larry Levis), edited and with an afterword by David St. John. The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.AMERICAN HYBRID: A Norton Anthology of the New Poem, edited by David St. John and Cole Swensen. Norton (2008). THE DARKENING TRAPEZE: LAST POEMS by Larry Levis, Edited with an Afterword by David St. John, Graywolf, 2016.Books (prose)WHERE THE ANGELS COME TOWARD US: Selected Essays, Reviews, and Interviews; White Pine Press, 1995.Limited & Special Edition Books (poetry)FOR LEDIRA; The Penumbra Press, 1973.THE OLIVE GROVE; W.D. Hoffstadt & Sons, 1980. A FOLIO OF LOST WORLDS; Tropos Press, 1981.THE MAN IN THE YELLOW GLOVES; The Penumbra Press, 1985. THE ORANGE PIANO; Illuminati, 1987.THE FIGURE YOU; with prints by Wendy Mark, Thornwillow Press, 1998.PERUVIAN PORTALS; with mezzotints by Holly Downing, 2014.Translation (books) GOD'S SHADOW, by Reza Baraheni, translated by the author, with David St. John, Burt Blume, & Michael Henderson. The University of Indiana Press, 1976.Music (CD) THE SHORE and other Choral Pieces by Frank Ticheli, The Pacific Chorale, DELOS Productions, 2013. Libretto for THE SHORE by David St. John.Music and Poetry (CD) SURF APOCALPSO: DAVID ST. JOHN & GLEN MOORE LIVE AT BEYOND BAROQUE Tebot Bach publishers, 2014.Libretto THE FACE: An Opera by Donald Crockett, libretto by David St. John. Premiere and performances, August, 2012 at both the Japan America Theater and The Boston conservatory Theater. (International cast: Daniel Norman; Thomas Meglioranza; Janna Baty; and Jane Sheldon.) Anthologies and Texts (poetry)The American Poetry Anthology (1975); The Pushcart Prize IV (1979); Writing Poems (1982, Second Edition 1987); To Make A Poem (1982); Love Stories/Love Poems: An Anthology (1982); The Longman Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (1983, Second Edition 1989); The Heath Guide to Poetry (1983); Two Decades of New Poets (1984); Divided Light: Father and Son Poems (1984); New American Poets of the 80's (1984); Songs From Unsung Worlds (1985); The Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets (1985); Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms (1985); The Antaeus Anthology (1986) Piecework (1987); Vital Signs: Contemporary American Poetry From The University Presses (1989); The Best American Poetry of 1989 (1989); The Best American Poetry of 1990 (1990); The Forgotten Language: Contemporary Poets and Nature (1991); The Best American Poetry of 1991 (1991); New American Poets of the '90s (1991); The Best American Poetry of 1992 (1992); One Hundred and One Poems of Romance (1992). Sweet Nothings (1993); The Sarjevo Anthology (1993); What Will Suffice: The Ars Poetica in Contemporary American Poetry (1994); Walk on the Wild Side (1994); Models of the Universe;(1994); Clare/Song (1994); The Pushcart Prize XX (1995); The Writing Path (1995); Grand Passion (1995); The Anthologies and Texts (poetry), continuedRoutledge Anthology of Cross-Gendered Verse (1995); Highway 99 (1996); An Invisible Ladder (1996); The Pushcart Prize XXII (1997); Leaving Home (1997); The Beach Book: A Literary Companion (1998); Outsiders (1998); The Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (1999); The Geography of Home: California and the Poetry of Place (1999); Orpheus and Company (1999); The Making of a Poem: An Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000); Lighthouse Poems (2000); The Body Electric: The Best Poetry From The American Poetry Review (2000); Contemporary American Poetry (2000). Motion: American Sports Poems (2000); Beyond the Valley of Contemporary Poets (2000); Contemporary American Poetry (7th Edition; 2001; 8th Edition, 2006); How Much Earth (2001); Poets of the New Century (2001); September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond (2002); Poems of the American West (2002); Poetry in Motion from Coast to Coast (2002); So Luminous The WIildflowers: An Anthology of California Poets (2003); The Misread City: New Literary Los Angeles (2003);Against Constraints: POETS FOR PEACE ANTHOLOGY (2003); Old Glory: American War Poems from the Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq (2004); The Best Of Poetry Daily (2004); The Janitor at Radio City Music Hall (2005); The Imaginary Poets (2005); Poetry Calender 2006 (2005); Range of Voices (2005); Cloud View Poets (2005); Manthology: Poems on the Male Experience (2005); Words Brushed By Music (2005); The Face of Poetry (2005); Literature: The Human Experience, Ninth Edition (2005); Francis and Clare in Poetry (2005);PUSHCART PRESS XXIX: The Best of the Small Presses (2005); Lineas Conectados: Nueva poesia de los Estados Unidos (2006); American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets (2006); Third Rail The Poetry of Rock and Roll (2007); American Poets Against the War (2009);Poets of the American West (2010); The Place That Inhabits Us (2011); Contemporary American Poems (2011); Crossing State Lines (2011); The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry (2013); Breaking the Jaws of Silence: Sixty American Poets Speak to the World (2013); Corners of the Mouth (2013);Poetry Crossing (2014); PUSHCART PRESS XXXVIII: The Best of the Small Presses (2014); Poems Dead and Undead (2014); Corners of the Mouth (2014); Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond (2015); The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (2015). The Best American Poetry 2016 (2016); The Best American Poetry 2017 (2017); Resistance, Rebellion, Life: 50 Poems Now (2017).Anthologies, Texts, or Essay Collections (prose) Charles Wright: A Profile (1979); Poets Teaching (1980); Acts of Mind: Conversations With Contemporary Poets (1983); 45 Contemporary Poets: The Creative Process (1985); Contemporary Literary Criticism (1985); The Day I Was Older: Essays on Donald Hall (1989); Conversant Essays: Contemporary Poets On Poetry (1990); Under Discussion: Philip Levine (1990); Spreading the Word: Editors on Poetry (1990); Creative Writing in America: Theory and Pedagogy (1990); Giving Sorrow Words (1990); On the Poetry of Philip Levine: Stranger to Nothing (1991); The Practice of Poetry (1992); The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English (1994); So the Wind Won't Blow It Away (1995); The Point Where All Things Meet (1995); The Point Where All Things Meet: Essays on Charles Wright (1995); Writing It Down For James: Writers on Craft (1995); Poets Reading: The FIELD Symposia (1999); Writing in Flow, (1999). City Secrets: Rome (2000); “Forward,” The Gazer Within: The Selected Prose of Larry Levis,” University of Michigan Press, (2000); “The Poetry of Philip Levine,” Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale Research, (2002); “Larry Levis: An Afterward”; A Condition of the Spirit: The Life and Work of Larry Levis (2004); “Introduction,” Cloud View Poets (2005); The Imaginary Poets (2005); Poets On Place (2005); High Lonesome: On the Poetry of Charles Wright (2005); Lasting: Poems on Aging (2005); Dark Horses: Poets on Overlooked Poems (2007); Charles Wright in Conversation: Interviews 1979-2006 (2008); City Secrets: Books (2009); ROME: The Essential Insider’s Guide: (2011); American Literary Review 2012-2013: An Interview with David St. John (2013); COMING CLOSE: Forty Essays on Philip Levine (2013); Beyond the Lyric Moment (2014); “Introduction,” Angle of Reflection (2017); How a Poem Can Happen: Conversations with Twenty-one Extraordinary Poets (2017).page 4Public Art Poem carved into marble: Lobby. The Junipero Serra Building, State of California General Services, Bldg., Los Angeles.Magazines (poems published in) The New Yorker, Poetry, Antaeus, The Paris Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Field, The Partisan Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, Boulevard, The Antioch Review, The Southern Review, and many others.Essays, Articles, Reviews in Newspapers and JournalsParnassus, The American Poetry Review, The Washington Post Book World, The Seneca Review, The Antioch Review, The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book World, Field, Open Places, Quarry west, Denver Quarterly, Los Angeles Magazine, The Western Humanities Review, and many others.Editorial and Related Professional Experience Assistant Poetry Editor: The Iowa Review, 1974-75. Associate Editor: Field, 1975-77.Associate Editor: The Seneca Review, 1977-81.Poetry Editor: Intro II, AWP. 1980.Preliminary Judge: The Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets, 1982.Consultant in Poetry, United States Military Academy, 1982-94. Consultant in Poetry for Wesleyan University Press, 1982-90.Contributing Editor: Poet & critic, 1981-89.Poetry Editor: The Antioch Review, 1981-1996.Editor: Poets and Poetry: A Special Issue, The Antioch Review(Winter, 1987).Guest Editor: Poetry Pilot (Academy of American Poets) March,1987.Editor: Poetry Today, The Antioch Review (Summer, 1990).Poetry Book Review Editor: The Antioch Review, 1981-1996.Chair: Judging Committee for the PEN Center West Prize in Poetry,1991.Judge/Master Poet for Ruth Lilly Scholarship, 1991.Editor: Poets and Poetry: A Special Issue, The Antioch Review,(Winter, 1994).Judge: "Discovery"/ The Nation Prize, 1994.Judge: The Lamont Poetry Prize/James Laughlin Prize, The Academy of American Poets, 1994-1996.Co-Editor for Poetry, Pushcart Prize XIX, Best of the Small Presses, 1994.Judge: Poetry Society of America, Mary Carolyn Davies Memorial Award, 1995.Chair, James Laughlin Prize Committee, The Academy of American Poets, 1996.Editor at Large, The Antioch Review, 1996-currently.National Advisory Committee, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Foundation, 1997-currently.National Advisory Committee, Idyllwild Arts Foundation, 1998-currently. National Advisory Board, California Poetry Series, Clapperstick Institute, 1998-currently.Judge, The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1998.Editorial and Related Professional Experience, continuedNational Advisory Board, The Academy of American Poets Poetry Book Club, 1998-currently.Judge (Chair): Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry, 1997-1999. Judge, The Ann Stanford Prize, The Southern California Anthology, 1998.Chair, James Laughlin Prize Committee, The Academy of American Poets, 1998.Judge (Chair); Poetry; Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2005-2008.Hurst Professor in Creative Writing, Washington University, St. Louis, 2005.Visiting Poet, Stadler Poetry Center Summer Seminar, Bucknell University, 2005.Contributing Editor, West Branch, 2005-present.Editor, Winter 2005-2006, Ploughshares (poems and stories).Editor, The Ash Tree Poetry Series, for Tebot Bach Press, 2005-present.Editor, represented in The Pushcart Book of Poetry, 2006.Judge (Chair): Poetry: PEN USA Prize in Poetry, 2006-2007.Judge, Felix Pollack and Brittingham Poetry Prizes, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.Judge for The National Book Award in Poetry, 2006-2007. Judge, Patricia Bibby First Book Prize, Tebot Bach Press, 2006-present.The Elliston Chair in Poetry, University of Cincinnati, 2007. Mentor, Emerging Voices Program, PEN USA, 2007. Judge: THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA AWARDS, 2010 Judge: The Lenore Marshall Prize ($25,000), The Academy of American Poets,2012.Judge: The New Issues Poetry Prize, 2013.Judge: BOA Prize in Poetry, 2013.Judge: The $50,000 Jackson Prize, Poets & Writers, 2014.Judge: Poetry; Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Panel Chair), 2014-2017.Fellowships, Honors, Awards and Grants:Winner, The Nation-Discovery '75 Contest, sponsored by The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA and The Nation Magazine; 1975.The Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, awarded to HUSH as the best first book of poetry for 1976.National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry; 1976.The Johns Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Poetry; 1977-78 (taken in 1978-79).Fellowships, Awards and Grants continued:The James D. Phelan Prize, awarded by the San Francisco Foundation to the book THE SHORE; 1980.Maryland Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry; 1980.The Ingram Merrill Foundation grant in Poetry; 1984.National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry; 1984.The Rome Prize Fellowship in Literature (Prix de Rome), awarded byThe American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; 1984.Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Award, University of Southern California, 1991-1992.Creative Writing Faculty of the Year, USC Chapter of the English Honor society of Sigma Tau Delta, 1993.National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1994.Nomination: National Book Award in Poetry, 1994, for STUDY FOR THE WORLD'S BODY.Nomination: The PEN West Prize in Poetry, 1994, for STUDY FOR THE WORLD'S BODY.The Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize ($1,000) from The American Poetry Review, 1995.Visiting Scholar, The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities,1998 (Spring/Summer).Nomination: The Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry, 1999, for THE RED LEAVES OF NIGHT.The Academy Award in Literature, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2000. The O. B. Hardison Prize in Poetry (Career Achievement in Poetry and Teaching Prize), awarded by The Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington, D. C., 2001.The George Drury Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 2011. USC Dornsife General Education Teaching Award 2010-2011.USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for The Shore. 2014.University Professor (USC) appointed by USC President Max Nikias, 2016.American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Elected Fellow, 2016.Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets (Elected), 2017-present. Musical Settings of Poems/Musical Collaborations:Setting of the poem “Shadow” by famed composer David Diamond, 1977.“Because I Love You,” musical setting of “Hephaestion’s Prayer” by David Broza, on the album Stone Doors, 1995 Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings. “Winter Fires,” song collaboration with Peter Byrne (from the band Naked Eyes) on the solo album The Real Illusion, 2001 A Different Drum/PJB Music.“The Village,” a setting of two poems by David St. John by composer Donald Crockett; premiered in Germany by the Hilliard Ensemble, February 23, 2005.The Face, a chamber opera with libretto by David St. John (based on the book of poems: The Face: A Novella in Verse) and composed by Donald Crockett. Premiere, Los Angeles, 2012.The Shore, a choral setting of four poems by composer Frank Ticheli, commissioned by The Pacific Chorale, premiere June 1, 2013, The Segerstrom Center for the Arts.“Slow Dance,” a setting for voice and piano by composer Patrick O’Malley, 2014.Documentary Film: My Story in a Late Style of Fire: Larry Levis, American Poet, a film by Michele Poulos, where I served as both consultant and an on-screen interview, 2017.Museum Exhibitions: DRAWN TO LANGUAGE: “Peruvian Portals,” The USC Fisher Museum of Art, poems by David St. John and with mezzotints by Holly Downing. Professional Listings & AssociationsThe Centennial Directory of the American Academy in Rome The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century PoetsContemporary PoetsThe American Academy in Rome Society of FellowsBMIThe Modern Language AssociationThe Academy of American PoetsThe Poetry Society of America The American Academy of Arts and Sciences ................
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