Charles Harper Webb
Charles Harper Webb is an American poet, professor, psychotherapist and former singer and guitarist. His most recent poetry collection is ''Shadow Ball'' (
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009). His honors include a
Whiting Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship,
The Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a
Pushcart Prize and inclusion in
The Best American Poetry 2006. His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''American Poetry Review, Paris Review,'' and ''Ploughshares.'' Webb was born in Philadelphia in 1938, and grew up in Houston. He earned his B.A. in English from
Rice University, and an M.A. in English from the
University of Washington, and an M.F.A. in Professional Writing and his PhD in Counseling Psychology from the
University of Southern California. He teaches at
California State University, Long Beach, where he received a Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award and the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, and he lives in
Long Beach, California.
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