Wojahn, David (Charles)

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WOJAHN, David (Charles)

WOJAHN, David (Charles). American, b. 1953. Genres: Poetry. Career: University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, assistant professor of English, 1981-82; University of Arkansas, Little Rock, assistant professor of English, 1982-85; Indiana University-Bloomington, Lilly Professor of Poetry, 1985-. Vermont College, Montpelier, adjunct professor, 1983-; University of Houston, visiting professor, 1985. Publications: POETRY: Ice House Lights, 1982; Glassworks, 1987; Mystery Train, 1990; Late Empire, 1994; The Falling Hour, 1997. EDITOR: (with B. Henderson and P. Levine) The Pushcart Prize XI: Best of the Small Presses, 1986; (with J. Myers) A Profile of Twentieth-Century American Poetry, 1987. Address: Department of English, Indiana University-Bloomington, BH 442, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.