Gary F. Leising, Ph.D.
Biography
Professor Gary Leising is Distinguished Professor of English and Dean of the Division of Faculty Excellence. He teaches beginning and advanced creative writing courses, “Forms and Art of Poetry,” and contemporary American poetry; has advisedAmpersand, UC’s journal of art and literature; and has travelled abroad with UC students on the London Learning Experience. In addition to creative writing, his scholarly interests focus broadly on poetry and specifically on the work of Sylvia Plath.
Education
B.A. University of Dayton, Ohio
M.F.A. University of South Carolina
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Research
Gary Leising’s collections of poetry includeThe Alp at the End of My Street,The Girl with the Jake Tattoo,Temple of Bones, andFastened to a Dying Animal. Individualpoems have appeared in many literary journals, including The Cincinnati Review, Connecticut Review, Quarterly West, Blackbird, and Sou’wester; his fiction has appeared in River Styx. His piece, “Toenails Diary,” won the 2008 Indiana Review 1/2K Prize. Gary’s reviews and essays have appeared in The James Dickey Newsletter, Pleiades, and Chicago Review, as well as in the book The Way We Read James Dickey: Critical Approaches for the Twenty-first Century.
Awards and Recognition
Harold T. Clark Jr. Award, 2014
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