Stephen Yenser

Stephen Yenser (born 1941 in Wichita , Kansas ) is an American author and professor of English and literature .

Life

After finishing school in Kansas, Yenser enrolled at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , where he studied with James Merrill , among others . After completing his studies, he was employed as a lecturer at the University of California in Los Angeles . In addition to teaching, Yenser has written articles for Paris Review , Poetry , Southwest Review, and Yale Review . Together with JD McClatchy , he manages the literary estate of James Merrill (1926–1995). Yenser lives in Los Angeles.

Works (selection)

• Musing in Best American Poetry

poetry

• 2006: Blue Guide , University of Chicago Press
• 1993: The Fire in All Things

Essays

• 2002: A Boundless Field: American Poetry at Large , University of Michigan Press
• 1987: The Consuming Myth: The Work of James Merrill
• 1975: Circle to Circle: The Poetry of Robert Lowell

Prizes and awards (selection)

• 1992: Walt Whitman Award
• "Discovery" / The Nation Award
• Fulbright teaching fellowships
• Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in Poetry
• Pushcart Prize
• BF Connors Prize for Poetry from Paris Review magazine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UCLA: Stephen Yenser ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ UCLA: Stephen Yenser ( Memento of July 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Poets and Writers: Stephen Yenser
4. ^ The Best American Poetry

Web links

• UCLA: Stephen Yenser ( July 14, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive )
• Article UCLA English professor Stephen Yenser is a poet, a scholar, a mentor to other poets and a champion of their work