Eric Paul Shaffer
Eric Paul Shaffer is an American novelist and poet, who lives and works in Hawai‘i. Currently a professor of English at Honolulu Community College,[1] he formerly taught at Maui Community College and the University of the Ryukyus on Okinawa.[2] His work has appeared in more than 550 national and international reviews, journals, and magazines, including Bamboo Ridge, the Chaminade Literary Review, the Chicago Review,[3] the Chiron Review, Slate, The Sun Magazine, and the North American Review,[4] as well as in the anthologies 100 Poets Against the War, The EcoPoetry Anthology, Jack London Is Dead: Contemporary Euro-American Poetry of Hawai‘i (And Some Stories), Crossing Lines, In the Trenches, Weatherings, and The Soul Unearthed.[5] He is the author of seven collections of poetry and one novel.
Shaffer is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where he received a Ph.D. in American Literature in 1991.[6] He received the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, Hawaii's highest literary honor, in 2002,[7] and the James Vaughan Award for Poetry in 2010.[8] He was a visiting poetry faculty member at the 23rd annual Jackson Hole Writers Conference. His poetry collection Lāhaina Noon received an Award for Excellence in the 2006 Ka Palapala Po'okela Book Awards.[9] His poetry collection Even Further West received an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Ka Palapala Po'okela Book Awards.
Bibliography[edit]
- Kindling: Poems from Two Poets (1988) (with James Taylor III)
- RattleSnake Rider (1990)
- Portable Planet: Poems (2000)
- How I Read Gertrude Stein by Lew Welch (editor and introduction) (1995)
- Living at the Monastery, Working in the Kitchen (2001)
- Lāhaina Noon: Nā Mele O Maui (2005)
- Burn & Learn: Memoirs of the Cenozoic Era (2009)
- A Million-Dollar Bill (2016)
- Even Further West (2018)
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas, Christine (January 4, 2010). "Book Review: Burn & Learn". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ Adams, Wanda (June 16, 2002). "Book is like a quick return to Japan, poet says". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ The Maui News (April 13, 2008). "Poet Shaffer to read at Wailuku Library". The Maui News. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ EBSCO Publishing (2014). "Citations with the tag: SHAFFER, Eric Paul". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ Leaping Dog Press (2012). "Eric Paul Shaffer". Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ Sherwin, Elisabeth (February 4, 2001). "Poet explores meaning of a 'Portable Planet'". The Davis Enterprise. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ "Elliot Cades Award for Literature". The Hawai'i Literary Arts Council. 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ Hawaii Pacific University (2013). "James Vaughan Award for Poetry". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ^ Staff report (October 29, 2006). "Ka Palapala Po'okela winners named". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
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