Everett Hoagland
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Everett Hoagland's poetry is fueled by musical rhythms, a sense of history, and an appreciation for human beauty. His earliest contributions were in education; in Philadelphia he taught high school English and for Operation Headstart and adult literacy programs. He later taught at several universities, including Swarthmore College and Southeastern Massachusetts University. He published his signature collection of poetry, Black Velvet, in 1970. He has been the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Award for Fiction from the magazine Black World and a Creative Artists Fellowship from the Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation. He has also served as the contributing editor for the American Poetry Review.
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