Education and Educating

• Graduated from the University of Miami, then University of North Carolina, and got his PhD from the University of Iowa

• Taught at Iowa's Writer's Workshop (The nations 1st graduate program in creative writing)

• Also taught at Syracuse University, University of California at Irvine, Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and the University of Florida
  

Students included:

• Mark Strand
• Charles Wright
• Jorie Graham
• Will Schmitz