Authors and Illustrators Database

Michael Heffernan

Born: 12/20/1942  Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Joseph W. (refrigeration contractor) and Susan (a teacher)
Spouse: Ann M. Miller (1st), Kathleen Spigarelli (2nd)
Children: Joseph Rinaldo, James Brendan, Michael Eamon
Address(es):
Permanent:
2518 Elizabeth Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Permanent:
Department of English, Creative Writing Program, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.marckbeggs.com/ALF/bio/heffernanbio.html

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
At the bureau of divine music : poems Poetry Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2011
The Night Breeze off the Ocean Poetry Adult Spokane, Wash. : Eastern Washington University Press 2005
Another Part of the Island Poetry Adult Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland : Salmon Pub 1999
Love's Answer, Poems Poetry Adult Iowa City : University of Iowa Press 1994
The Back Road to Arcadia Poetry Adult Galway : Salmon Publications 1994
The Man at Home Poetry Adult Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press 1988
Central States: Poems Poetry Adult Pittsburgh State University 1985
To the Wreakers of Havoc Poetry Adult University of Georgia Press 1984
Power and Fire Poetry Adult M. Heffernan 1979
The Cry of Oliver Hardy Poetry Adult University of Georgia Press 1979
A Figure of Plain Force Poetry Adult Chowder Chapbooks 1978
In Front of All These People Poetry Adult Blue Period Books 1977
Booking Passage Poetry Adult Shawnee Mission, Kan. : Bookmark 1973
Other works:
- Contributor to American Poetry Review, Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Iowa Review, New England Review, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Quarterly, Shenandoah, and Willow Springs Contibutor to antholgies, including Strong Measures, Vital Signs, and Western Wind (Publication Years: 1985, 1989, 1992)
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
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellowship 1980
Bread Loaf Writers Conference Scholarship 1977
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship 1964
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowhip
- Award recvd for following years: 1978, 1987

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Arts 1988

Memberships:

Name Date
Poetry Society of America

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.); Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 1965-1970
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) University of Detroit Detroit, MI 1964

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1986
Professor Pittsburg State University Pittsburgh 1969-1986
Professor Oakland University Rochester, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1967-1969

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