David St. John
- University Professor of English and Comparative Literature
- Chair of English Department
- USC Dornsife School
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Expertise Summary
Expert in modern American poetry
Expertise
- 20th century poetry
- modern and contemporary American poetry
- poetry and the arts (Film; Painting; Dance; and Music)
- opera libretto
- popular music of all kinds
Languages
- French
- Italian
Additional Information
- Author of Hush (1976); The Shore (1980); No Heaven (1985); Terraces of Rain: An Italian Sketchbook (1991); Study for the World’s Body: New & Selected Poems (1994); The Red Leaves of Night (1999); and In the Pines: Lost Poems 1972-1997 (1999) — as well as Where the Angels Come Toward Us: Selected Essays, Reviews and Interviews (1995
- Past judge in Poetry for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.