ROBERT SWARD has taught at Cornell University, the Iowa
Writers' Workshop, University of Victoria and UC Santa Cruz. A Fulbright
scholar and Guggenheim Fellow, he was chosen by Lucille Clifton to receive
a Villa Montalvo Literary Arts Award. His 30 books include: Four
Incarnations (Coffee House Press), now in its second printing; Heavenly
Sex; The Collected Poems (Black Moss Press); The Toronto Islands, a
bestseller; and God is in the Cracks, 2006 (Black Moss Press).
Born and raised in Chicago, Sward served in the U.S. Navy during the
Korean War and later worked for CBC Radio and as book reviewer and feature
writer for The Toronto Star and Globe & Mail while living on the Toronto
Islands.
Interview on occasion of The Collected Poems appears in POETRY FLASH, Fall
2006, issue No. 298, with comments on Canadian poets and poetry.
Awards
Dylan Thomas Poetry Award, 1958.
Guggenheim Fellowship for Poetry, 1964-65.
Villa Montalvo Literary Arts Award, 1990.
Fulbright scholarship for study in England
Canada Council Explorations Grant
Sandburg-Livesay Award, 2006.
Selected Publications
Poet Santa Cruz. (Jazz Press, 1985).
Three Roberts (Robert Priest, Robert Zend, Robert Sward), on Love.
(Dreadnaught Press, 1985).
The Three Roberts On Love. (Moonstone Press, 1985).
Four Incarnations, New & Selected Poems. (Coffee House
Press, 1991).
Family. (Select Poets Series, 1994).
A MuchMarried Man, A Novel. (Ekstasis Editions, 1996).
The Jurassic Shales (a novel), 1975.
The Toronto Islands, an Illustrated History (non-fiction),
1983.
A Much Married Man. (Ekstasis Editions, 1996).
Uncivilizing. (Insomniac Press, 1998).
Rosicrucian in the Basement. (Black Moss Press, 2001), ISBN:
0-88753-353-1 and audio CD
Three Dogs and A Parrot. (Small Poetry Press, Select Poets
Series, 2001), ISBN: 1-891298-11-9
Heavenly Sex, New and Selected Poems, (Black Moss Press, 2002)
also as audio CD.
The Collected Poems, 1957-2004
(Black Moss Press, Firefly Books Distributor, 2004)
ISBN 0-88753-392-2.
Contemporary Authors, A
Bio-Bibliographical Guide, Volume 206 (Thomson - Gale, 2003)
ISBN 0-7876-5199-0.
God is in the Cracks, A Narrative in Voices (Black Moss Press, 2006)
ISBN: 0-88753-422-8
Selected Anthologies
Touchstones, Poets on Favourite Poems. (University Press of New
England, 1996).
Bedford Introduction to Literature. (Bedford Books, 1997).
Poetry, an Introduction. (Bedford Books, 1997).
Books in Print
Kit Kat Club. Electronic chapbook, mp3 sound, graphics, poetry, http://jjwebb.ihwy.com/rosycrossfather/index.html
Collected Poems, 1957-2004. Black Moss Press, http://www.blackmosspress.com/2_Author_Sward.html
A Much-Married Man, A Novel. Ekstasis Editions, 1996.
Four Incarnations, New & Selected Poems. Coffee House Press,
1991.
Family. Select Poets Series, 1994. Uncivilizing. Insomniac
Press, 1998. ISBN: 1-895837-17-0.
Rosicrucian in the Basement. (Black Moss Press, 2001), ISBN:
0-88753-353-1, also as audio CD
Three Dogs and A Parrot. (Small Poetry Press, Select Poets
Series, 2001), ISBN: 1-891298-11-9, $7.00 (includes postage)
Heavenly Sex, New and Selected Poems,Poetry (Black Moss Press,
2002) also as audio CD
The Collected Poems, 1957-2004
(Black Moss Press, Firefly Books Distributor, 2004) ISBN 0-88753-392-2.
Contemporary Authors, A
Bio-Bibliographical Guide, Volume 206 (Thomson - Gale, 2003)
ISBN 0-7876-5199-0.
God is in the Cracks, A Narrative in Voices (Black Moss Press, 2006)
ISBN: 0-88753-422-8
For Robert Sward interview following publication of his Collected Poems see POETRY FLASH (Berkeley, California), Fall 2006, with comments on Canadian poets and poetry.
Robert Sward, PO Box 7062, Santa Cruz CA USA 95061-7062,
phone: 831-426-5247
sward@cruzio.com
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