Dennis Schmitz

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Dennis Schmitz (August 11, 1937 - September 12, 2019) was an American poet.[1]

Life[]

Dennis Schmitz grew up in Dubuque, Iowa.[2] He graduated from Loras College and the University of Chicago, where he met and married Loretta D'Agostino in 1960; they have five children together. He has taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee[3] and California State University, Sacramento.[4] His former students include Raymond Carver,[5] ,[6] Gary Short,[7] and Gary Thompson.[8]

He opposes the death penalty and protests executions in California every time they take place.[9][10]

His work has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review,[11] American Poetry Review, The Nation, Paris Review,[12] the Chicago Review,[13] and Zyzzyva.[14]

He resided in Sacramento.[15]

Awards[]

Works[]

Poetry[]

  • Animism (Oberlin College Press, 2014)
  • The Truth Squad (Copper Canyon Press, 2002)
  • About Night: Selected and New Poems (Oberlin College Press, 1993)
  • Eden (University of Illinois Press, 1989)
  • Singing (Ecco Press, 1985)
  • String (Ecco Press, 1980)
  • Goodwill, Inc (1976)
  • Double Exposures (1971)
  • We Weep for Our Strangeness (1969)

Editor[]

  • The Sacramento Anthology of 100 Poems. Sacramento’s Poet Laureate Program; Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/obituaries/article235221732.html
  2. ^ Voight, Sandye (September 18, 2003). "Poet making trek back to his Dubuque roots; Schmitz will give a reading tonight at the Carnegie-Stout Library". Dubuque Telegraph - Herald. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Europa Publications, ed. (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-85743-178-0.
  4. ^ http://www.csus.edu/pubaf/journal/fall2002/34facultyauthors.htm
  5. ^ Carver, Raymond; Gentry, Marshall Bruce; Stull, William L (January 1990). Conversations with Raymond Carver. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-87805-449-7.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082518/http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-jane-crown-show/blog/2008/12
  7. ^ http://www.onlinenevada.org/Gary_Short
  8. ^ Sklenicka, Carol. Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life. New York: Scribner, 2009
  9. ^ http://www.lairdcarlson.com/celldoor/00302/Ains00302WrodsfromDR.htm
  10. ^ http://sacramentopoetrycenter.blogspot.com/2006/03/dennis-schmitz-reading-at-art-foundry.html
  11. ^ http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/aqr/back-issues/17_1and2.cfm
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/archive1.shtml
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-09-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ http://www.pw.org/content/dennis_schmitz_3
  16. ^ http://www.sacmetroarts.org/Programs/Poet-Laureate/Past-Poets-Laureate
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2009-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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