Tom Chandler

Department: English and Humanities

Title: Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Contact Information: tchandle@bryant.edu

Education:

  • M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Brown University, 1986
  • B.A. in English, magna cum laude, University of New Hampshire, 1983
Academic Interests: Poetry writing, fiction writing, contemporary American poetry.

Teaching:

  • Poetry Writing Workshop
  • Fiction Writing Workshop
  • Introduction to Literary Studies
  • Poetry Studies
Professional Activities:
  • State Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, appointed 2000.
  • 1998 Brown University Phi Beta Kappa Poet.
  • Recipient of Galway Kinnell Poetry Prize.
  • Yaddo Writing Fellow.
  • Founder and Poetry Editor, The Bryant Literary Review.
  • Author of over 100 published poems and three books of poetry.
  • Chandler, T. (1988) The Sound the Moon Makes As It Watches. The Poet's Press.
  • Chandler T. (1992) One Tree Forest. The Poet's Press.
  • Chandler, T. (1998) Wingbones. Signal Books.