Walt McDonald

Walter Robert McDonald (born July 18, 1934 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American poet and former professor.[1][2][3][4] He served as Poet Laureate of Texas in 2001. In May 2002, he retired from Texas Tech University as "Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of English" and "Poet in Residence".

Career

After graduating from Texas Technological College and service in the United States Air Force in Vietnam, McDonald received a PhD from the University of Iowa.

McDonald's 23 books of poetry -- published by Harper & Row (now HarperCollins) and university presses such as Ohio State; Notre Dame; Massachusetts; Pittsburgh; Texas Christian; Texas Tech -- include Faith Is A Radical Master, 'Night Landing,' and A Thousand Miles of Stars.[5] Before joining the faculty at Texas Tech University, he was a pilot in the Air Force and also taught at the Air Force Academy.

Some of his experiences as a pilot are reflected in his verses.

gollark: Anyone with a screwdriver, the ability to look up tutorials and some sanity can repair a desktop computer (well, replace some parts). This isn't the case for phones - partly just because size constraints, but it's partly artificial.
gollark: People will mess things up but designing unrepairable devices DOES NOT HELP.
gollark: Or, well, Apple-derived thing which spread?
gollark: I think the practice of having the screen glass and touchscreen digitizer/display bit literally be fused together is an Apple thing.
gollark: Convoluted methods to disassemble devices create extra risk and make it harder for regular people to repair.

References
  1. Texas Tech University Press - The Waltz He Was Born For: An Introduction to the Writing of Walt McDonald
  2. Walter McDonald: An Inventory of His Papers, 1945-2003 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
  3. McDonald Home Page
  4. Walt McDonald - Abilene Christian University
  5. Two Poems by Walter McDonald


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