PENN STATE HBG
MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057
Biography
Eric Bliman teaches writing courses including rhetoric and composition and technical communication. He holds a Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from the University of Cincinnati, an M.F.A. in creative writing (poetry) from the University of Florida, and a B.S. in psychology from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Bliman's poems and book reviews have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Subtropics, The Southern Review, Quarterly West, The Birmingham Poetry Review, and other journals. His writing has received the University Research Council Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati, the Intro Journals Award for poetry from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, and the National Chapbook Fellowship from the Poetry Society of America, which will publish his chapbook Travel and Leisure in the spring of 2013. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Research Interests
- 20th century American poetry
- 20th century British poetry
- Creative writing pedagogy
- Rhetoric and composition
Education
B.S.; M.F.A., Ph.D. (U. of Cincinnati)