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University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition
Todd F.
Davis
associate professor of English
Book Title: Selected Poems
Author: Galway Kinnell
Selection Statement:
I had long loved the ways a poem might transport the reader through story and image and rhythm and sound. But in a culture that often ignores the poetic arts, I struggled to find a poet whose work I could identify with. As a senior in college I stumbled across Galway Kinnell. His poem "The Bear" became the touchstone that enabled me to see ways I might learn to write my own poems.
Year: 2006