Career
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Lake Grove School, Lake Grove, NY, English teacher and principal, 1951-53; Victoria Drive Secondary School, Glasgow, Scotland, English teacher, 1953-54; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, instructor in English, 1956-63; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, associate professor of English, 1963-67; Somerset County College, Somerville, NJ, professor of English, 1968-82; University of Iowa, Iowa City, professor of English, beginning 1982. Lecturer, Douglas College, spring, 1968; visiting poet, Sarah Lawrence College, spring, 1978, University of Pittsburgh, fall, 1978. Visiting professor, Columbia University, 1980, Bucknell University, spring, 1988; Fanny Hurst professorship, Washington University, 1985. Chairman of creative writing, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 1984. Conducts poetry workshops and gives readings at colleges, universities, theaters, and art centers. Consultant in literature to Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
