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<\/strong><\/strong>In a career that\u2019s included honors ranging from the Order of Freedom Medal by the President of Slovenia and multiple inclusions in The Best American Poems<\/em>, Dr. Richard Jackson, UT National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor of English, has another one to add to his list. He was among five area writers recently inducted into the East Tennessee Writer\u2019s Hall of Fame by Friends of Literacy.<\/p>\n

Jackson teaches creative writing, poetry, and humanities in UTC’s interdisciplinary honors program. He is the author of ten books of poems including\u00a0Resonance<\/em>, Half Lives: Petrarchan Poems<\/em>, and\u00a0Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems<\/em>. His work has been translated into fifteen languages and has appeared in\u00a0The Best American Poems<\/em>, among other collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy colleagues and I are very proud of Dr. Jackson’s accomplishments, this most recent award included. \u00a0Over the years, he has been awarded numerous fellowships, including Guggenheim, Fulbright, Witter-Bynner, NEA, and NEH\u2014and his poetry is widely recognized and celebrated. \u00a0He’s a tremendous teacher, one whom students actively seek out, as he is likewise a talented poet and a fine colleague.\u00a0I’m grateful to have him among our faculty,\u201d Dr. Joe Wilferth, Head of the UTC Department of English, said.<\/p>\n

Friends of Literacy provides free high quality literacy and GED classes to adults in Knox County who are inadequately educated for the challenges of daily life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a career that\u2019s included honors ranging from the Order of Freedom Medal by the President of Slovenia and multiple inclusions in The Best American Poems, Dr. Richard Jackson, UT National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor of English, has another one to add to his list. He was among five area writers recently inducted into… <\/p>\n

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