Scott Wilkerson

(2007) Lecturer of English

Degrees

B.A., Auburn University
M.A. Auburn University, Montgomery
M.F.A., Queens University of Charlotte

Interests

Poetry, particularly ancient and that of the 20th century; the epic tradition; the long poem; the dramatist as poet; performance theory; aesthetics of post-modernity and the avant-garde; sport literature.

Courses Frequently Taught

English 1101
English 1102
World Literature

Publications

Ars Minotaurica, poems forthcoming from New Plains Press (Fall 2009)

Articles: Poems, reviews and essays have appeared in Amaryllis, Eratio, Zafusy Word for/Word, Xstream, The Arts Pneumonia, Creative Loafing (Atlanta, Charlotte), The Atlanta Press

Conference Presentations

"Hidden Ontologies: the poetics of Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino," Georgia Philological Society, March 2009.

"The Space of Poetry," Halawaukee Studio for the Arts symposium, 2007.

"Tropes of Imprisonment and Escape in The Faerie Queene," Mises Scholar's Conference, Auburn University 2006.

Current Projects

Saints of the Card Catalog, a performance poem with footnotes for Greek Chorus; MFA Thesis, a sequence of poems/dramatic monologues

Awards/Honors

Featured Writer in Eratio #8, Grammafossil Folio, a performance poem