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Blair, Peter
ENGL_blair

Lecturer

Office: Fretwell 265B
Phone: 704.687.6560
Email:

 

Education

  • Ph. D. University of Iowa, 1989
  • MA Duquesne University , 1980
  • MAT Duquesne University , 1974
  • BA Saint Vincent College , 1973

Areas of Interest

  • Creative Writing
  • Contemporary American Poetry
  • American Literature
  • Rhetoric
  • East-West Studies
  • I am currently working on a new poetry book manuscript.

Selected Publications and Presentations

The Divine Salt (full-length poetry book), Autumn House Press, 2003

Last Heat (full-length poetry book), Word Works Press, 1999

Furnace Greens (poetry chapbook), Defined Providence Press, 1998

A Round, Fair Distance from the Furnace , (poetry chapbook), White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 1993

Poems in Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas , Poetry East, Crazyhorse, West Branch, various anthologies

Readings at Wake Tech, Raleigh , NC; Clarion State University , PA ; Georgetown University , DC

Selected Grants
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Poetry Fellowship Grant, 1997

Courses Taught

  • ENGL 1101 English Composition
  • ENGL 1102 Writing in the Academic Community
  • ENGL 2100 Writing about Literature
  • ENGL 2105 Introduction to Poetry
  • ENGL 3300 American Literature Survey
  • LBST 2102 Intercultural and Global Connections: Samurais, Geishas, and Cowboys: Conflict, Violence and Love in Asian and American Cultures
  • AMST 3000 Work In America
  • AMST 3000 Coming of Age in America
  • AMST 3100 America in the 1920's

Professional Appointments
Faculty Appointments

  • UNC Charlotte since 2006
 

 

Contact Us

University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Department of English
Fretwell
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Phone: 704 687-2297
704 687-2847
Fax: 704 687-3961


Department Chair

Dr. Malin Pereira
276F Fretwell
704-687-2299


Graduate Coordinator

Dr. Ronald Lunsford
280G Fretwell
704-687-4223


Rhetoric & Writing Director

Dr. Tony Scott
276B Fretwell
704-687-2300


Undergraduate Coordinator

Dr. Greg Wickliff
260E Fretwell
704-687-2778