Christopher Gilbert

Christopher Gilbert (born August 1, 1949, Birmingham, Alabama-July 5, 2007) was an American poet.

Life

He is the son of Floyd and Rosie (Walker) Gilbert.[1] He grew up in Lansing, Michigan.

He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1972, and PhD. in psychology from Clark University in 1986.[2]

His work appears in African-American Literary Review,[3] Callaloo, Crab Apple Review, Graham House Review, Indiana Review, Massachusetts Review, Ploughshares,[4] Urbanus, William & Mary Review, and New York Quarterly.[5]

His poem Any Good Throat, is on a monument in Jackson Square, Boston.[6]

He lived in Providence, Rhode Island.[7]

Awards

• 1983 Walt Whitman Award
• 1986 The Frost Place poet in residence

Works

Poetry

• Nikky Finney, ed. (2007). "Time with Stevie Wonder in It". The ringing ear. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2925-3.
• Across the Mutual Landscape. Graywolf Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-915308-48-4.

Anthologies

• Arnold Rampersad, Hilary Herbold, ed. (2006). The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512563-4.
• Fred Moramarco, Al Zolynas, ed. (1992). Men of Our Time: An Anthology of Male Poetry in Contemporary America. University of Georgia Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-8203-2394-7. Christopher Gilbert poet.
• Sascha Feinstein, Yusef Komunyakaa, ed. (1991). The Jazz poetry anthology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20637-4.

Reviews

ACROSS THE MUTUAL LANDCAPE [sic] is a first collection of poems by a young black psychotherapist from a working-class background in Lansing, Mich., who acknowledges many musical influences but only a few literary ones. The book was chosen by Michael Harper for the 1983 Walt Whitman Award - a choice reflecting Mr. Harper's longstanding commitment to what is richest and most serious in black American poetry. Christopher Gilbert is a careful, craftsmanly writer. His subtle, syncopated rhythms make one think of jazz; but the syncopation is made audible, often, by the underlying presence of meter...[8]

References

1. Christopher Gilbert Biography - Selected writings - Poetry, Poets, American, and Psychologist - JRank Articles
2. Christopher Gilbert Biography - Selected writings - Poetry, Poets, American, and Psychologist - JRank Articles
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Author Details
5. http://www.nyquarterly.org/issues/?id=20
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Christopher Gilbert | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers
8. ALAN WILLIAMSON (June 23, 1985). "LOSS, DISCOVERY AND OTHER URGENIES". The New York Times.

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