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James Tipton

Born: 01/18/1942   Ashland
Parents: J. Robert Tipton, Ruth Tipton
Children: Jennifer Lynn, James Daniel
Address(es):
Permanent :
1122 Aquarius Ave
Fruita , CO 81521
Permanent :
% Miquel Blanco #4 Ajijic 45920
Jalisco  
Mexico
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
All the Horses of Heaven Poetry Adult Online : Modern English Tanka Press 2009
Washing Dishes in the Ancient Village Poetry Adult Online: Ediciones de Lago 2009
Letters from a Stranger : Poems
- Won the 1999 Colorado Book Award for Poetry 		Fiction Adult Crested Butte, CO: Conundrum Press 1998
The Wizard of Is Poetry Adult Denver, CO : Bread and Butter Press 1995
The Giant Alphabet Poetry Adult Ft. Collins, CO : Leaping Mountain Press 1987
The Third Coast : Contemporary Michigan Fiction
- Editor with Robert Wegner and contributor 		Fiction Adult Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press 1982
Third Coast : Contemporary Michigan Fiction
- Editor with Herbert Scott and Conrad Hilberry, and contributor 		Poetry Adult Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press 1976
Bittersweet Poetry Adult Austin, TX : Cold Mountain Press 1975
Heartland II : Poets of the Midwest
- Included in Anthology 		Poetry Adult DeKalb, IL : Northern Illinois University 1975
Matters of Love Fiction Adult San Francisco, CA Granium Press 1970
Sentences Fiction Adult San Francisco, CA : Granium Press 1970
Convent Pieces Fiction Adult San Francisco, CA : Goliards Press 1969
Other writings:
- Poetry: In Anthologies, The Haiku Anthology, The Red Moon Anthology, The Geography of Hope, and Bleeding Hearts His work is in The Nation, South Dakota Review, Southern Humanities Review, The Greensboro Review, Esquire, Field, and American Literary Review 		Poetry Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Colorado Book Award in poetry for Letters from a Stranger: Poems 1999
The Giant Alphabet named one of ten best poetry books of the year by Bloomsbury Review 1987
First Prize, Festival of the Arts, Birmingham, Alabama 1973
National Endowment for the Humanities 1972

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 2nd edition 1980
Contemporary Authors
-  ontemporary Authors, volume(s) 277, 57-60 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 8, 50, 125, 147 		1976 -2006
Directory of American Fiction Writers
Directory of American Poets
International Who's Who of Poetry

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Purdue University West Lafayette , IN
Master of Arts (M.A.) Purdue University West Lafayette , IN

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Owner and beekeeper High Desert Honey Co. Glade Park , CO 1994
Stockbroker and investment consultant Thomson, McKinnon & Kemper Securities 1983 -1994
English Professor, chair of department and director of cultural affairs Alma College Alma 1970 -1983
Writer-in-Residence Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo 1969 -1970

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