Igo, John (N.), (Jr.)

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IGO, John (N.), (Jr.)

IGO, John (N.), (Jr.). American, b. 1927. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Mythology/Folklore. Career: Professor of English, San Antonio College, Texas, 1953-99; Staff Reviewer, Choice mag., 1964-2002. Member of English Faculty, and acquisitions Librarian, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, 1952-53. Publications: God of Gardens, 1962; (compiler and ed.) Yanaguana: A Chapbook of College Poetry, 1963; A Chamber Faust, 1964; Igo on Poetry, 1965; The Tempted Monk, 1967; (author and compiler) Los Pastores: A Triple Tradition, 1967; No Harbor, Else, 1972; Golgotha, 1973; Day of Elegies, 1974; Alien, 1977; Tropic of Gemini, 1981; Coven, 1984; The Mitotes, 1989; The Third Temptation of St. John, 1992; Charco Martinez (poems), 1997; Oenone (drama), 1999; The Bozzetti (poems), 2001; On Poetry and Poetics (textbook), 2001. Address: 12505 Woller Rd, San Antonio, TX 78249, U.S.A.