Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 - March 30 2005) was an American poet, author of more than sixty books, and usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was quite friendly with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners. He taught for many years at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He lived in Waldoboro, Maine, Buffalo, New York and Providence, Rhode Island, where he taught at Brown University. He was a recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, and is much beloved as an exceedingly generous presence in many poets' lives.

Bibliography

• Creeley, Robert. Le Fou (Columbus, Ohio: Golden Goose Press, 1952)
• Creeley, Robert. The Immoral Proposition (Karlsruhe-Durlach/Baden, Germany: Jonathan Williams, 1953)
• Creeley, Robert. The Kind of Act Of (Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Divers Press, 1953)
• Creeley, Robert. The Gold Diggers (Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Divers Press, 1954). ISBN 0714502561
• Creeley, Robert. A Snarling Garland of Xmas Verses, anonymous (Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Divers Press, 1954)
• Creeley, Robert. All That Is Lovely in Men (Asheville, N.C.: Jonathan Williams, 1955)
• Creeley, Robert. If You (San Francisco: Porpoise Bookshop, 1956)
• Creeley, Robert. The Whip (Worcester, England: Migrant Books, 1957; Highland, N.C.: Jonathan Williams, 1957)
• Creeley, Robert. A Form of Women (New York: Jargon Books in association with Corinth Books, 1959; Fontwell, Arundel, Sussex, England: Centaur, 1960)
• Creeley, Robert. For Love: Poems 1950-1960 (New York: Scribners, 1962) ISBN 0684717387
• Creeley, Robert. The Island (New York: Scribners, 1963; London: John Calder, 1964)
• Creeley, Robert. Words (Rochester, Mich.: Perishable Press, 1965; enlarged as Words New York: Scribners, 1967)
• Creeley, Robert. The Gold Diggers and Other Stories (London: John Calder, 1965; New York: Scribners, 1965)
• Creeley, Robert. Poems 1950-1965 (London: Calder and Boyars, 1966)
• Creeley, Robert. The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems (Mt. Horeb, Wisc.: Perishable Press, 1967)
• Creeley, Robert. Robert Creeley Reads (London: Turret Books/Calder and Boyars, 1967)
• Creeley, Robert. A Sight (London, Cape Goliard, 1967)
• Creeley, Robert. Divisions and Other Early Poems (Mt. Horeb, Wisc.: Perishable Press, 1968)
• Creeley, Robert. The Finger (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968).
• Creeley, Robert. 5 Numbers (New York: Poets Press, 1968)
• Creeley, Robert. Numbers (Stuttgart, Germany: Edition Domberger / Düsseldorf, Germany: Galerie Schmela, 1968)
• Creeley, Robert. Pieces (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968; New York: Scribners, 1969)
• Creeley, Robert. Mazatlan: Sea (San Francisco: Poets Press, 1969)
• Creeley, Robert. The Finger: Poems 1966-1969 (London: Calder and Boyars, 1970)
• Creeley, Robert. In London (Bolinas, Calif.: Angel Hair Books, 1970)
• Creeley, Robert. A Quick Graph: Collected Notes and Essays, edited by Donald Allen (San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1970)
• Creeley, Robert. 1234567890 (Berkeley: Shambala; San Francisco: Mudra, 1971)
• Creeley, Robert. St. Martin's (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971)
• Creeley, Robert. A Day Book (Berlin: Graphis, 1972); expanded edition including "In London," New York: Scribners, 1972)
• Creeley, Robert. Listen (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972)
• Creeley, Robert. A Sense of Measure (London: Calder and Boyars, 1972)
• Creeley, Robert. The Class of '47, with Joe Brainard (New York: Bouwerie Editions, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. Contexts of Poetry: Interviews 1961-1971, edited by Donald Allen (Bolinas, Calif.: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. Sparrow 6: The Creative (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. For my mother: Genevieve Jules Creeley, 8 April 1887-7 October 1972 (Rushden, England: Sceptre Press, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. His Idea (Toronto: Coach House Press, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. Sparrow 14: Inside Out (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973)
• Creeley, Robert. Thirty Things (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974)
• Creeley, Robert. Backwards (Knotting, England: Sceptre Press, 1975)
• Creeley, Robert. The Door: Selected Poems (Dusseldorf/München, Germany: S Press, 1975)
• Creeley, Robert. Away (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, 1976)
• Creeley, Robert. Hello (Christchurch, New Zealand: Hawk Press, 1976)
• Creeley, Robert. Mabel, A Story: and Other Prose (London: Marion Boyars, 1976)
• Creeley, Robert. Presences: A Text for Marisol (New York: Scribners, 1976).
• Creeley, Robert. Selected Poems (New York: Scribners, 1976)
• Creeley, Robert. Sparrow 40: Was That a Real Poem or Did You Just Make It Up Yourself (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, 1976).
• Creeley, Robert. Mabel: A Story (Paris: Editions de l'Atelier Crommelynck, 1977)
• Creeley, Robert. Myself (Knotting, Bedfordshire, England: Sceptre Press, 1977)
• Creeley, Robert. Thanks (Old Deerfield, Mass.: The Deerfield Press; Dublin, Ireland: The Gallery Press, 1977)
• Creeley, Robert. Hello: A Journal, February 29-May 3, 1976 (New York: New Directions, 1978; London: Marion Boyars, 1978) ISBN 0714525676
• Creeley, Robert. Later: A Poem (West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1978) ISBN 0811207366
• Creeley, Robert. Desultory Days (Knotting, Bedfordshire, England: Sceptre Press, 1978)
• Creeley, Robert. Was That a Real Poem and Other Essays, edited by Donald Allen with a chronology by Mary Novik (Bolinas, Calif.: Four Seasons Foundation, 1979)
• Creeley, Robert. Later (New York: New Directions, 1979; London: Marion Boyars, 1980)
• Creeley, Robert. Corn Close (Knotting, Bedfordshire, England: Sceptre Press, 1980)
• Creeley, Robert. Mother's Voice (Santa Barbara. Calif.: Am Here Books/Immediate Editions, 1981).
• Olson, Charles; Creeley, Robert; Butterick, George F. (editor). Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence (Vol. 3) (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1981) ISBN 087685482X
• Creeley, Robert. The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982).
• Creeley, Robert. Echoes (West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1982)
• Creeley, Robert. A Calendar 1984 (West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1983)
• Creeley, Robert. Mirrors (New York: New Directions, 1983)
• Creeley, Robert. The Collected Prose of Robert Creeley (New York and London: Marion Boyars, 1984; corrected edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988) ISBN 1564783030
• Creeley, Robert. Memory Gardens (New York: New Directions, 1986)
• Creeley, Robert. The Company (Providence: Burning Deck, 1988)
• Creeley, Robert. Window (Buffalo: The Poetry/Rare Books Collection, SUNY at Buffalo, 1988)
• Creeley, Robert. 7 & 6 (Albuquerque: Hoshour Gallery, 1988)
• Creeley, Robert. Autobiography (Madras, India and New York: Hanuman, 1990)
• Creeley, Robert. Dreams (New York: Periphery / Salient Seedling Press, 1989)
• Creeley, Robert. It (Zurich, Switzerland: Bruno Bischofberger, 1989)
• Creeley, Robert. Robert Creeley: a Selection, 1945-1987 (New York: Dia Art Foundation, 1989)
• Creeley, Robert. Have a Heart' (Boise: Limberlost Press, 1990)
• Creeley, Robert. Places (Buffalo: Shuffaloff Press, 1990)
• Creeley, Robert. Windows (New York: New Directions, 1990) ISBN 0811211231
• Creeley, Robert. Gnomic Verses (La Laguna, Canary Islands: Zasterle Press, 1991)
• Creeley, Robert. The Old Days (Tarzana, Calif.: Ambrosia Press, 1991)
• Creeley, Robert. Selected Poems (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991)
• Creeley, Robert. Life & Death (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1993)
• Creeley, Robert. Echoes (New York: New Directions, 1994)
• Creeley, Robert. Loops: Ten Poems (Kripplebush, NY: Nadja, 1995).
• Allen, Donald M. and Robert Creeley. New American Story (Grove Press, 2001) ISBN 0394172981
• Reznikoff, Charles and Robert Creeley. The Manner Music ISBN 0876853254