Authors and Illustrators Database

Philip Legler

Born: 03/07/1928  Dayton, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 05/02/1992
Parents: Elis Peter and Mary Legler
Spouse: Martha, an English professor
Children: David Ferguson, Barbara Finley and Amy

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Contemporary Michigan Poetry : Poems from the Third Coast
- Anthology 		Michigan, Poetry Adult Detroit, MI : Wayne State University 1988
North Country Images
- Upper Penninsula poems 		Michigan, Poetry Adult Bloomington, IL : Scarlet Ibis Press 1988
Listen to Me : An Anthology of Upper Peninsula High School Writing Michigan, Poetry Adult, Teen Northern Michigan University Press 1976
The Intruder and Other Poems Poetry Adult Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press 1972
A Change of View Poetry Adult Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press 1964
Other writings:
- Poems published in Poetry, Prarie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Choice, Southwest Review, Nation, Commonweal, American Scholar, Antioch Review, Chelsea, Quaterly Review of Literature, Paris Review, and Ontario Review 		Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Contemporary Authors says, " Most of what I have written finds itself centered around the family, and the past, and memories. I've become fascinated with how much the past may limit or shape or dominate the present."

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
Read poetry on National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered'
Participating poet in the MCA's Writers-in-the-Schools project

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M. F. A.) University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 1953
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) Denison University Granville, OH 1951

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Associate professor of English Northern Michigan University Marquette 1966
Assistant professor of creative writing Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar 1963-1966
Assistant professor of literature Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington 1960-1963
Assistant professor of literature New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas 1959-1960
Assistant professor of literature Central Missouri State College Warrensburg 1956-1959
Instructor in English Ohio University Athens, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1953-1956

Other Resources:

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