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  • "I think David Craig really is the best religious poet writing today."

    --Dr. Janet McCann, author of WALLACE STEVENS REVISITED: "THE CELESTIAL POSSIBLE"

  • Dr. David Craig

    Professor of English

    (740) 284-5337
    dcraig@franciscan.edu

    Dr. Craig's blog
    Download Dr. Craig's full CV

    Podcasts

    • Saint Francis Poems
      
     
     
    
    • Saint Therese Poems
      
     
     
    

    Education

    • Ph.D. English (Creative Writing) - Bowling Green Sate University
    • MFA English (Creative Writing) - Bowling Green State University
    • MA English - Colorado State University
    • BA English - Cleveland State University

    Professional Interests

    • Contemporary Christian poetry
    • Blue-collar Catholic poetics
    • Creative Writing pedagogy
    • Yeats & Merton

    Professional Experience

    • Lecturer - Cleveland State University
    • Lecturer - Cuyahoga CC, West and East
    • Teaching Fellow - Bowling Green State University
    • Teaching Intern - Colorado State University

    Honors

    • 2006 - “Pentecost” included in Jonathan David’s choral work
    • 2006 - MERCY’S FACE included in Master Plot’s list of 500 most significant works in the history of Christendom
    • 1997 Poems recorded for the Library of Congress (UPHOLDING MYSTERY)
    • 1993 - Sewanee Fiction Writer’s Workshop invitation
    • 1991 - Pulitzer nomination poetry
    • 1986 - Devine Fellowship in Poetry, BGSU

    Memberships in Professional Organizations

    • Academy of American Poets
    • Mideastern Conference on Christianity and Literature
    • Southwestern Conference of Christianity and Literature
  • Dr. David Craig - Gathering At the River 
    GATHERING AT THE RIVER

    , Bloomington: Xlibris, 2010.


    Dr. David Craig - Mary's House 
    MARY’S HOUSE, Salem: Idylls Press, 2007.


    Dr. David Craig-Mercy's Face, New and Selected Poems 1980-2000 
    MERCY’S FACE, NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1980-2000

    . Steubenville: Franciscan University Press, 2000.


    Dr. David Craig - Our Lady of the Outfield 
    OUR LADY OF THE OUTFIELD. Chicago: CMJ Press, 2000.


    Dr. David Craig - Poems of Francis and Clare 
    POEMS OF FRANCIS AND CLARE. Cincinnati, OH.: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2005.


    Dr. David Craig - Sonnets From Matthew 
    SONNETS FROM MATTHEW Steubenville: English Department, 2002.


    Dr. David Craig - The Hive of the Saints 
    THE HIVE OF THE SAINTS, Honk Kong: iUniverse Press, 2005.


    Dr. David Craig - The Cheese Stands Alone 
    THE CHEESE STANDS ALONE (1997, CMJ Publishers)


    Dr. David Craig - Odd Angles of Heaven 
    ODD ANGLES OF HEAVEN (1997, Harold Shaw Publishers)


    Dr. David Craig - The Sandaled Foot 
    THE SANDALED FOOT (1980, Cleveland State University Poetry Center)


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