Areas

• composition theory
• poetry
• academic writing
• literacy and service learning

Degrees

• Ph.D. English/Composition Theory, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1992
• M.A. English/Creative Writing, SUNY Binghamton, 1980
• B.A. Psychology, SUNY Fredonia, 1975

Some Publications

• Poems: "Lackawanna" and "Mike" published in Seneca Review 2013.
• Poems: "I Called My Uncle" and "No Ideas But In Things" published in Arts & Letters after being selected for first prize in Arts & Letters PRIME Poetry Prize 2012.
• Poetry Collection:  In Flagrante Delicto. Mammoth Books, 2008.
• Poetry Collection:  Picture a Gate Hanging Open and Let that Gate be the Sun. Mammoth Books, 2002. Winner of the Mammoth Books Prize for Poetry: (Available from publisher; email info@mammothbooks.com).
• Scholarly article: "Writing as a Process of Valuing." College Composition and Communication. October 1995.
• Chapbook of original poetry. Camellia Press, 1993.

Jerry Mirskin's Poetry Website