David Wolf Budbill (June 13, 1940 â€" September 25, 2016) was an
American poet and playwright. He was the author of eight books of
poems, eight plays, two novels, a collection of short stories, a
children's picture book, and dozens of essays.David Wolf Budbill was
born on June 13, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied philosophy and
art history at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. In 1967, he
graduated from college with a degree in theology, and from the Union
Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was influenced by the
writings of Thomas Merton. He then moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania where
he taught at Lincoln University until 1969 when he moved to northern
Vermont, where he taught part-time at The Stowe School.His three most
recent books of poems are "Tumbling toward the End" (Copper Canyon
Press, 2017), Happy Life (Copper Canyon Press, 2011), and While We've
Still Got Feet (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). His collection of
narrative poems, Judevine, was republished in an expanded edition by
Chelsea Green Publishing Company in 1999.His play Judevine, a stage
version of his narrative poems, had 65 productions in 22 states since
the early 1980s. Among Budbill's other plays are Little Acts of
Kindness, Thingy World!, Two for Christmas, and his latest, first
produced in 2010, A Song for My Father. Zen Mountains/Zen Streets and
Songs for a Suffering World, both, audio CDs of his poetry, with the
music of jazz bassist and composer William Parker and drummer Hamid
Drake were released on the Boxholder Records label in 1999 and 2003.
Inspired by ancient Chinese and Japanese reclusive poets, Budbill kept
alive a discourse about his struggles living a simple life in a
complex modern time. Garrison Keillor read frequently from David's
poems on The Writer's Almanac on National Public Radio (NPR).
American poet and playwright. He was the author of eight books of
poems, eight plays, two novels, a collection of short stories, a
children's picture book, and dozens of essays.David Wolf Budbill was
born on June 13, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied philosophy and
art history at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. In 1967, he
graduated from college with a degree in theology, and from the Union
Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was influenced by the
writings of Thomas Merton. He then moved to Oxford, Pennsylvania where
he taught at Lincoln University until 1969 when he moved to northern
Vermont, where he taught part-time at The Stowe School.His three most
recent books of poems are "Tumbling toward the End" (Copper Canyon
Press, 2017), Happy Life (Copper Canyon Press, 2011), and While We've
Still Got Feet (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). His collection of
narrative poems, Judevine, was republished in an expanded edition by
Chelsea Green Publishing Company in 1999.His play Judevine, a stage
version of his narrative poems, had 65 productions in 22 states since
the early 1980s. Among Budbill's other plays are Little Acts of
Kindness, Thingy World!, Two for Christmas, and his latest, first
produced in 2010, A Song for My Father. Zen Mountains/Zen Streets and
Songs for a Suffering World, both, audio CDs of his poetry, with the
music of jazz bassist and composer William Parker and drummer Hamid
Drake were released on the Boxholder Records label in 1999 and 2003.
Inspired by ancient Chinese and Japanese reclusive poets, Budbill kept
alive a discourse about his struggles living a simple life in a
complex modern time. Garrison Keillor read frequently from David's
poems on The Writer's Almanac on National Public Radio (NPR).
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