Degrees and Institutions:
Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing, 2002
University of California, Berkeley, MA, English, 1964
Bluffton University, BA, English and Philosophy, 1962
Teachers and Mentors -- Poetry:
Chris Abani
Richard Garcia
Frank X. Gaspar
Paul Muldoon
David Trinidad
Workshop Leaders -- Poetry:
Daniel Anderson
Terrance Hayes
Eloise Klein Healy
Andrew Hudgins
Timothy Liu
Suzanne Lummis
Jack Myers
Alan Shapiro
Mark Strand
Karen Subach
Natasha Trethewey
Charles Harper Webb