University of Portland

Herman Asarnow PhD

English, Emeritus Professor

Herman Asarnow PhD

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About

Dr. Asarnow taught poetry, early modern British literature, Shakespeare, and satire at the University of Portland for 35 years, retiring in May of 2014. He served as Chair of English for 15 of those years. He is a grateful and proud mentor to generations of UP students and a grateful and proud colleague to the marvelous English faculty. Herman has published a collection of his poetry, Glass-Bottom Boat (Higganum Hill Books), and his poems have appeared in such venues as The Southern ReviewPrairie SchoonerBeloit Poetry Journal, and Guernica. His essays have appeared in North Dakota QuarterlyHigh Plains Literary ReviewIron Horse Quarterly, and Portland Magazine. And his translations of poems by Argentine/Spanish poet Noni Benegas have been published in Meridian and the Marlboro Review

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Denver
  • Master of Arts, University of Denver
  • Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, CT

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