Bio
Michael Shewmaker is the recent winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and author of Penumbra (Ohio UP, 2017). His poems recently appear in Yale Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Sewanee Review, Poetry Daily, Parnassus, Oxford American, Narrative, and elsewhere. Born in Texarkana, Texas, he earned an MFA from McNeese State University and a PhD in creative writing from Texas Tech University. He is a Jones Lecturer in poetry at Stanford University.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Creative Writing
2020-21 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Spr, Sum) - Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 92 (Spr) - Write Like a Poet: From Tradition to Innovation
ENGLISH 21Q (Sum) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Individual Work
ENGLISH 198 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Aut, Win) - Poetry Salon
ENGLISH 192PS (Spr) - Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 92 (Spr, Sum) - Write Like a Poet: From Tradition to Innovation
ENGLISH 21Q (Aut)
2018-19 Courses
- Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Spr) - Intermediate Poetry Writing
ENGLISH 192 (Win) - Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 92 (Aut) - Special Topics in Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191T (Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Spr) - Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 92 (Aut) - Special Topics in Creative Expression
ENGLISH 9CT (Win) - Special Topics in Intermediate Fiction Writing
ENGLISH 190T (Spr)
- Creative Expression in Writing
All Publications
- Penumbra Ohio University Press. 2017