Lew Klatt, Assistant Professor, English
616-526-7530
lsk4@calvin.edu
Office: CFAC 296
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Educational Background
Professor Klatt received a bachelor of arts in English from Wittenberg University in 1984 and a masters of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1991. He then went on to earn a masters of arts in liberal arts from St. John's College in 1998. He received his PhD in English from the University of Georgia in 2003 with the dissertation topic, "The God is Blue: a Collection of Original Poems with a Manifesto." He taught in the English department at Calvin College from 2004 to 2006 and returned again to teach in 2007.
Academic Interests
- American literature
- postmodern American poetry and poetics
- creative writing (poetry)
Recent Activities
Professor Klatt is a poet, publishing his poetry in numerous magazines and publications, including the Colorado Review, Boston Review, New Orleans Review, and Verse. His essay "The Electric Whitman" was published in the Spring 2008 edition of The Southern Review. He won the Juniper Prize for his collection of poems, Interloper (2009), and his most recent book of poetry, Cloud of Ink, has won the Iowa Poetry Prize.
Additional Information
- Read Professor Klatt's recent poem "The Lily Always Hangs Its Head."
- Read more of Professor Klatt's poems.
- Download a curriculum vitae
