Chuck Carlise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Ashland Poetry Press
Interim Director, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
304 Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall
Department(s)
College
Area of Specialty
Creative Writing, Poetry, American Literature, Romanticism, The Beat Movement
Biography
- Poetry collection: IN ONE VERSION OF THE STORY (New Issues Poetry & Prose).
- Two award-winning poetry chapbooks: A BROKEN ESCALATOR STILL ISN’T THE STAIRS (Concrete Wolf Chapbook Series) and CASUAL INSOMNIAC (Bateau, “Boom” prize winner).
- Winner of C.T. Wright Poetry Prize, InPrint/Paul Verlaine Prize, and two Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes, plus fellowships from Wildacres, Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, and elsewhere.
- Poems and essays appear in dozens of journals, and were twice anthologized in Best New Poets.
- Favorite thing about Ashland University: I appreciate the small classes and the tight community here, particularly within the department. I'm also really excited about running the Ashland Poetry Press.
- Little-known fact: I've lived in 14 states (and Sicily).
Education
- Ph.D in Literature and Creative Writing - University of Houston (2012)
- M.A. in English (Creative Writing) - University of California, Davis (2003)
- B.A. in English - Wittenberg University (1999)