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About Chard deNiord

Chard deNiord is the author of six books of poetry, In My Unknowing (University of Pittsburgh Press 2020), Interstate (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), The Double Truth (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011), Speaking In Turn with Tony Sanders, Gnomon Press, 2011, Night Mowing (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005), Sharp Golden Thorn (Marsh Hawk Press, 2002) and Asleep In The Fire (University of Alabama Press, 1990). He is also the author of two books of interviews with eminent American poets: Sad Friends, Drowned Lovers, Stapled Songs, Conversations and Reflections on 20th Century Poetry (Marick Press, 2011) and I Would Lie To You If I Could  (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018).
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He has co-founded a number of writing programs, including:
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  • The Spirit and the Letter Workshop in Patzcuaro, Mexico which he co-directed with Jacqueline Gens from 1999-2000.
  • The New England College MFA program in Poetry in 2001 and served as its co-director until 2008. deNiord was the eighth poet laureate of Vermont from 2016 to 2019.
  • The Ruth Stone Foundation and served as a trustee of the Ruth Stone Trust from 2010 to 2021.
 
He retired from teaching at Providence College in 2020,where he is now Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing. He serves as board member of the Sundog Poetry Center in Vermont, is the essay editor at Plume Poetry Journal, and lives in Westminster West, Vermont with his wife, Liz.

Positions

1998 - 2020 Professor of English, Providence College ‐ Department of English
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2010 Faculty Member, Sarah Lawrence College ‐ Summer Writers Seminar
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2009 Director, New England College ‐ Post MFA Seminar
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2000 - 2007 Co-founder, Program Director and Mentor, New England College ‐ MFA Program
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2006 Bruce McEver Visiting Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology ‐ Writing
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Board Member, Sundog Poetry Center
2019 - Present Essay Editor, Plume
2011 - Present Trustee And Board Member, Ruth Stone Foundation
Present Member, Associated Writing Programs
Present Member, Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
Present Member, PEN
Present Advisory Board, Poetry Matters Now, Roaming The Big Tent of American Poetry
2015 - 2019 Host of Poets Speak, Brattleboro Community Television
2015 - 2019 Host, Host of Next Stage Speaks Reading Series
2018 Guest Poet, Palm Beach Poetry Festival
2011 - 2015 Member, Story Preservation Project
2015 Guest Poet, Palm Beach Poetry Festival
2014 Guest Poet, Palm Beach Poetry Festival
1997 - 2001 Program Director, Great River Arts Writing Program
1989 - 1998 Endowed Chair of Comparative Religions, Philosophy, The Putney School
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Honors and Awards

  • Vermont Poet Laureate, 2015-2019
  • CAFR Grant, Providence College, to interview six senior American poets (Jack Gilbert, Maxine Kumin, Donald Hall, Ruth Stone, Galway Kinnell, Lucille Clifton), 2009-2010
  • Night Mowing, selected by Stephen King as number eight on his top ten books for 2006
  • Best American Poetry: “Pasternak”, 1999
  • Pushcart Prize XX1I: "What The Animals Teach Us", 1998
  • Poetry Fellow, Sewanee Writers' Conference, 1994

Education

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1985 Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa ‐ Poetry
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1978 Master of Divinity, Yale University ‐ Divinity School
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1975 BA, Lynchburg College
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Contact Information

cdeniord@providence.edu
401-865-2751
Ruane Center for the Humanities LL27

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Essays (18)

Anthologies (15)