A native of Atlanta, William Greenway earned his B.A. from Georgia State University and his Ph.D. in Modern Literature and Poetry from Tulane University. He is Distinguished Professor of English at Youngstown State University, where he has taught since 1986.
His poetry collections include The Accidental Garden (2014), Everywhere at Once (University of Akron Press), Fishing at the End of the World (2005), and Ascending Order (2003), among others. He co-edited I Have My Own Song For It: Modern Poems of Ohio (2002) with Elton Glaser. His work has appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Southern Review, Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, and Shenandoah.
His honors include the Larry Levis Editors’ Prize from Missouri Review, the Helen and Laura Krout Memorial Poetry Award, the Open Voice Poetry Award, the Academy of American Poets Prize, Georgia Author of the Year, and Ohioana Best Book of Poetry Prizes for both Ascending Order and Everywhere at Once.
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