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Robert Wrigley
Research/Focus Areas
  • Poetry
  • Poetry Writing
  • Poetics
  • Literature
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • Engl 581, Techniques of Poetry
  • Engl 591, Advanced Poetry Writing
  • Engl 491, Advanced Poetry Writing
  • Engl 391, Intermediate Poetry Writing
  • Engl 504, Special Topics in Literature

Robert Wrigley

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Department of English
Professor
With UI Since 1999

Office: Brink Hall, 217
Phone: (208) 885-6823
Email: rwrigley@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
English Department - University of Idaho
PO Box 441102
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1102

Robert Wrigley CV
Red Room Author Page
M.F.A. Creative Writing Program
 
  • M.F.A., University of Montana, 1976
  • B.A., English, Southern Illinois University, 1974

Born and raised in the Midwest, Robert was drafted in the US Army in March, 1971, and discharged nine months later on the grounds of conscientious objection. Since 1979, he has published eight books of poetry.



Selected Publications

  • Beautiful Country, (Penguin, 2010) 
  • Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems, 2006
  • Poems published in many periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, and The Yale Review.

        *See CV for full listings of publications, research, outreach and awards.


Awards and Honors

  • Residency, Luguria Study Center, Bogliasco Foundation, Genoa, Italy, 2011
  • Pushcart Prizes (six since 1989, most recently 2009)
  • The Poets’ Prize (2003)
  • Kingsley Tufts Award in Poetry (2000)
  • Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1996
  • San Francisco Poetry Center Book Award (1997)
  • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1978 and 1984)