Matthew Hawk
Ph.D. Student
Education
University of Notre Dame, B.A. in English, 2012; University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. in Secondary English Education, 2014; M.F.A in Creative Writing, University of Memphis, 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