David Elliott, Ph.D

David Elliott, Ph.D.

Adjunct Instructor

Department or Division: Division of Communication Arts and Humanities
Office Location: Sickler Hall, Room 302
Email: david.elliott@keystone.edu
Phone Number: (570) 945-8453

What makes Keystone special to me?

"The sense of community at Keystone creates an exciting learning environment that inspires all of us--professors and students alike--to realize our potential for academic growth and lifelong learning."

Education:

Middlebury College, B.A. in American Literature

Syracuse University, M.A. and Ph.D. in English

Courses Teaching:

College Writing, Introduction to Poetry, Introduction to the Novel, Great Themes in Literature, Creative Writing, History of Jazz

Research:

Contemporary American poetry, including interviews with poets at AGNI Online

Publications:

Books (poetry collections)

• Passing Through, Nightshade Press, 2007.
• Wind in the Trees, AHA Books, 1992.

Poetry collected in anthologies:

• Baseball Haiku, W. W. Norton, 2007.
• Tug of the Current, Red Moon Press, 2005.
• Palpable Clock: 25 Years of Mulberry Poets, University of Scranton Press, 2004.
• The New Haiku, Snapshot Press (England), 2002.
• Zen Poems, MQ Publications (England), 2002.
• The Acorn Book of Contemporary Haiku, Acorn Books (England), 2000.
• A New Resonance, Red Moon Press, 1999.
• The Haiku Anthology, W.W. Norton, 1999.
• Haiku World, Kodansha (Japan), 1996).
• Haiku Moment, Charles Tuttle, 1993.

Articles:

•  "Formal Conventions in North American Haiku," Frogpond, XXIV:2 (2001) "'Praise Is a Generative Act': A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers," Tampa Review, Spring/Summer, 1999.
• "'Home Keeps Getting Bigger': A Conversation with Stephen Dunn," MidAmerica Review, XV (1995). Reprinted in "Contemporary Literary Criticism" Gale, 2005.
• "An Interview with Robert Creeley," Sagetrieb, Spring/Fall 1991. Reprinted in "Contemporary Literary Criticism," Gale, 1994.