Ronald Wallace is an American poet, and Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry & Halls-Bascom Professor of English at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison ...

Life

He was born in

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County, Iowa, Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River (Iowa River), Cedar River, north of Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa City and north ...

He grew up in

Saint Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which ...

. He graduated from the

College of Wooster The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college in Wooster, Ohio. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it has been officially non-sectarian since 1969 when ownership ties with the Presbyterian Church ...

, and the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Atlantic'', ''The Nation'', ''Poetry'', and ''The Paris Review''.

Works

*''For Dear Life'', University of Pittsburgh, 2015 *''For a Limited Time Only'', University of Pittsburgh, 2008, * *''Long for this world: new and selected poems'', University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003, *''Uses of Adversity'', University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998, *''The Makings of Happiness,'' University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, *''People and Dog in the Sun'', University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987, *''Tunes for Bears to Dance To,'' University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, *''Plums, Stones, Kisses & Hooks'', University of Missouri Press, 1982, ;Short story *''Quick bright things: stories'', Mid-List Press, 2000, ;Non-fiction *''The last laugh: form and affirmation in the contemporary American comic novel'', University of Missouri Press, 1979, *''God be with the clown: humor in American poetry'', University of Missouri Press, 1984, *''Henry James and the Comic Form''. University of Michigan Press, 1975,

References

External links

*http://english.wisc.edu/wallace/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Ronald Living people Writers from Cedar Rapids, Iowa College of Wooster alumni University of Michigan alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Writers from Iowa Writers from Missouri Writers from Wisconsin Year of birth missing (living people)