Paul Jenkins

Biography
Paul Jenkins, professor of poetry, holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington at Seattle. He has taught at Elms College and the University of Massachusetts and has been a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil. His work has been widely published and he is a former editor of The Massachusetts Review. His most recent collections, Six Small Fires and Radio Tooth, were each published by Four Way Books. A new manuscript, Running Into War, co-authored by himself and Lynne Hanley, contains poems and short stories clustered around that title. He also, once upon a time, wrote a social/economic history of Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Spring 2010
IA-399A-1 Advanced Seminar in Writing

(Co-taught with Prof. Lynne Hanley)

Fall 2009
   IA-0251-1 Intermediate Poetry Writing

Spring 2009
IA-0399-1 Advanced Seminar in Writing

       (Co-taught with Prof. Lynne Hanley)

Students I Advise
Alexander Abelson

Gabrielle Falco

Caroline Georges

Teal Van Dyck

Research
Prof. Jenkins says, "I am a strong believer in writing poetry that moves beyond the self into history and human experience that involve research."

Current Projects
Currently, Prof. Jenkins is working on a new book manuscript of poems entitled A Failure of the Hand of Death. "Which I hope to finish while I'm still alive," Paul jokes.

Community Involvement
Recently, Paul has overseen Division III projects such as after-school writing programs.

Publications

 * Six Small Fires. New York: Four Way, 2002.


 * Radio Tooth. New York: Four Way, 1997.


 * The Conservative Rebel: A Social History of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Greenfield, MA: Town of Greenfield, Massachusetts, 1982.


 * Forget the Sky. Fort Collins, Colorado: L'Epervier Press, 1979.