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Campbell
McGrath

Campbell McGrath
Poet
Miami Beach, FL
2011 USA Fellow

This award was generously supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Poet Campbell McGrath has published nine collections of his work, predominantly free-verse, long form, documentary poems about the American landscape, culture, and history. He has been awarded many prestigious honors, including The Pushcart Prize (1992), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1998), and a MacArthur Fellowship (1991). McGrath is the Phillip and Patricia Frost Professor of Creative Writing at Florida International University.

Portrait photo courtesy the artist.

  • Artwork by Campbell McGrath
    Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 2009; photo credit the artist and Ecco Press/HarperCollins
Artwork by Campbell McGrath