Michael Dennis Browne Curriculum Vitae
Browne's works include:
- Things I Can't Tell You (Carnegie Mellon University Press), 2005
- Give Her the River, picture book, paintings by Wendell Minor NY, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.
- Greatest Hits 1965-2000. Youngstown, OH: Pudding House Publications, 2001.
- Selected Poems 1965-1995. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1995.
- You Won't Remember This. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1992.
- Smoke from the Fires. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1985.
- The Sun Fetcher. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1978.
- Sun Exercises. Loretto, MN: Red Studio Press, 1976.
- The Wife of Winter. London: Rapp & Whiting; New York: Scribner's, 1970
- Three poems in The American Poetry Review, November 2004
- "Something Stood Still in My Soul," article in Arts: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, 2004.
- "Angel Standing Behind the Martyr King," poem, Water-Stone Review, Fall 2003.
- "Hymn for America," music by Stephen Paulus, published by Paulus Publications, St. Paul, MN, recorded on CD for Spirit of America by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- "The Road Home" and "Pilgrims' Hymn," music by Stephen Paulus, recorded on CD for The Road Home by the Brigham Young University Choir
- "Next Year You Can See for Yourself," A Community of Writers: Paul Engle and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Robert Dana, ed. (University of Iowa Press, 1999).
- Five poems in The American Poetry Review (Jan/Feb 1999)
- "Poetry and Walking," article, in The Gettysburg Review (Winter 1998).
- "Anglo-Sotan," article, in Two Cities (#4).
- "The Three Hermits" CD (D'Note Classics), music by Stephen Paulus, libretto based on story by Leo Tolstoy.
Special Interests
- Creative writing (poetry)
- Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics
Honors & Awards
- Fesler Lampert Professor in the Humanities, 2005-2006
- Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2005
- Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2005
- Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Continuing Education, 2001.
- Co-Judge (poetry), The Pushcart Prize XXIV, 1999
- Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, 1998
- McKnight Research Award, 1997
- McKnight Summer Fellowship, 1995
- Finalist, Morse-Amoco Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1994
- Grant-in-Aid, Graduate School, 1993, 1996
- Minnesota Book Award fo rPoetry, 1993
- CLA Distinguished Teacher Award, 1989
- Jerome Foundation Study/Travel Grant, 1988
- Bush Sabbatical Support Grant, 1986
- Loft-McKnight Writers' Award, 1986
- Bush Fellowship, 1981
- National Endowment for the Arts Librettist-Composer Fellowship (with Stephen Paulus), 1978
- National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, 1977
- Minnesota State Arts Board Poetry Fellowship (with Stephen Paulus), 1975
- Borestone Poetry Prize, 1974
- Fulbright Scholarship to the U.S. (University of Iowa), 1965-67
Background
- Education
- University of Iowa, M.A. (with Distinction)
- Oxford University
- Ministry of Education Teacher's Certificate
- Hull University, England, B.A. (First Class Honors)
- Academic Appointments
- Professor, University of Minnesota, 1983-
- Visiting Professor, Beijing Normal University, People's Republic of China, September 1980
- Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 1975-83
- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1972-75
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1971-72
- Faculty Member, Literature Division, Bennington College, 1969 (Spring) - 1971
- Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University, Fall 1968
- Summer Session Instructor, Columbia University, 1967, 1968
- Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing, Graduate Program, University of lowa, 1967-68
- Teaching Assistant in French, University of Iowa, 1965-67