Peter B. Harris Zacamy Professor of English Department Links:       English, Creative Writing- Program Director Affiliated Department(s):   Creative Writing

Phone: 207-859-5270 Fax: (Creative Writing ) Fax 2: 859-5252 (English ) Email: pbharris@colby.edu Mailing Address: 5270 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Education

B.A from Middlebury Ph.D. from Indiana M.F.A. from Warren Wilson.

Areas of Expertise:

Creative writing Contemporary American poetry 19th-century American literature

Professional Information

Peter Harris teaches English Composition with a service-learning component which involves students in local public schools, 19th-century American Literature and Contemporary American Poetry. He also leads workshops in his current main interest, writing poetry. He has published poetry and essays in, among other places, The Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. He has published a chapbook of poems entitled Blue Hallelujahs.