Matthew Hawk

Education

University of Notre Dame, B.A. in English, 2012
University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. in Secondary English Education, 2014
University of Memphis, M.F.A in Creative Writing, 2021

Research Interests

Matt’s research interests include contemporary American poetry, African American literature, death, dying, and loss.

Selected Publications

“Elma Stuckey: The Historian’s Poet Laureate.” Mississippi Quarterly. vol. 50, issue 2. Spring 2021
“Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin: Poet-Laureate of the Mid-South.” Arkansas Review, vol. 51, issue 3. December 2020;
Poems from the Heart. Desert Willow Press, 2018

Courses Taught

ENG 1310, ENG 2310 American Literary Cultures