Dennis Hinrichsen

Born: 05/10/1952   Cedar Rapids , IA
Parents: William J. Hinrichsen, Deloris L. inrichsen
Children: Sophie
Address(es):
428 E. Lincoln
Grand Ledge , MI 48837

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Resurrection yoga
- Broadside: "From 'Kurosawa's dog' by Dennis Hinrichsen, Oberlin College Press, 2009. 150 copies of this broadside were printed in the RCAH Studio Printshop, East Lansing, MI for the Center for Poetry's Spring Festival, April 1, 2015."
Poetry Adult East Lansing, MI : RCAH Studio Printshop 2015
Skin music Poetry Adult Evansville, Indiana : Southern Indiana Review Press 2015
Poetry in Michigan in poetry / edited by William Olsen & Jack Ridl
- Included in the anthology
Michigan , Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, Michigan : New Issues Poetry & Prose, The College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University 2013
Rip-tooth : poems Poetry Adult Tampa, FL : University of Tampa Press 2011
Kurosawa's dog
- Winner of the Field Poetry Prize, 2008.
Poetry Adult Oberlin, Ohio : Oberlin College Press 2009
Cage of water Poetry Adult Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press 2004
Message to be spoken into the left ear of God : poems Poetry Adult Saginaw, MI : Mayapple Press 2004
Detail from The garden of earthly delights Adult Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press 2000
The Rain That Falls This Far Poetry Adult Baltimore, Md. : Galileo Press 1992
The Attraction of Heavenly Bodies Poetry Adult Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press 1983
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "My goals or aims are simply to explore whatever interests me using language. I try to keep two Pound comments in mind-'make it new' and 'listen to the sound it makes' and then move from there to see what happens."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Field Poetry Prize for Kurosawa's dog 2008
Akron Poetry Prize for The Garden of Earthly Delights 1999
Michigan Council for the Arts, Individual Grant, 1989-1990. 1989 -1990
National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Writing Fellowship, 1984 1984
Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing, for work appearing in Carolina Quarterly.

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) University of Iowa Iowa City , IA 1974 -1976
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1970 -1974

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Instructor Lansing Community College Lansing , MI 1988
Technical Writer Stone & Weber Engineering Corporation Boston 1982 -1988
Technical Writer Raytheon Service Company Cambridge 1978 -1982

Other Resources:

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