Richard Lyons is an American

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and teacher.

Life

He graduated from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

, from the

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with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (1976–1979), and from the

University of Houston The University of Houston (UH) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1927, UH is a member of the University of Houston System and the List of universities in Texas by enrollment, university in Texas ...

with a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing (1984–1991). During 1979 and 1980, he taught at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

, then at Rhodes College. He teaches in the English Department at

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

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, since 1994. His work appeared in ''The Nation'', ''Poetry'', ''The New Republic'', ''The Paris Review'', and ''The North American Review''.

Awards

* YHMA/The Nation "Discovery" Award for Poetry in 1984 * Stele Ehrhardt Memorial and Culled Fellowship from the University of Houston in 1984 * Alan Cooling Scholarship in Poetry from the Broadleaf Writers' Conference in 1986 * Criterion Fellowship from Imprint, Inc., in 1987 * Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets in 1992. * 1988 Devins Award winner, selected by Deborah Digges, for ''These Modern Nights'' * 2000 James Dickey Contemporary Poets Series, selected by Richard Howard, for ''Hours of the Cardinal'' * 2005 Washington prize, for ''Fleur Carnivore''

Works

* * * ''Fleur Carnivore,'' The Word Works (January 1, 2006) * ''Granite from Sugar Water''

References

External links

Author's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Richard American male poets University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni University of Houston alumni University of Arizona alumni University of Maryland, College Park faculty Mississippi State University faculty Rhodes College faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people)