email: james.guthrie@wright.edu
phone: (937) 775-2879
Associate Professor of English,
Areas of Expertise
19th Century, American Literature, Emily Dickinson, American Poetry, Technical Writing, Desktop Publishing, Editing
Ph.D. in English, SUNY/Buffalo, 1979
M.A. in English, SUNY, 1976
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, SUNY, 1976
B.A., University of Michigan, 1973
American Academy of Poets Prize, 1st prize, 1975
SUNY/Buffalo University-wide Poetry Competition, 1st prize, 1974
Hopwood Awards in Creative Writing, University of Michigan:
1st prize in poetry, majors division, 1973
Award for poetry, minor division, 1971
Award for poetry, underclassman division, 1970.
Emily Dickinson's Vision: Illness and Identity in Her Poetry. University Press of Florida. In press, slated for publication in early 1998.
"Near-Rhyme and Reason: Style and Personality in Emily Dickinson's Poetry," in the Modern Language Association's Approaches to Teaching Emily Dickinson, 1989, pp. 70-77.
"The Modest Poet's Tactics of Concealment and Surprise: Bird Symbolism in Emily Dickinson's Poetry." ESQ (Emerson Society Quarterly), 1981, 4th quart., pp. 230-37.
"`Before I Got My Eye Put Out': Dickinson's Illness and Its Effects On Her Poetry." Emily Dickinson Bulletin, June 1982, pp. 16-21.
"`Hey! Where Did My Term Paper Go?' and Other Problems for Students Using WordPerfect." Text/Technology, Vol. 1, #6 1991, pp. 9-11.
"How Information Overload Can Wreck Technical Writing." Proceedings, annual meeting of the Society for Technical Communication, Atlanta, May 1992, p. 109.
"Using WordPerfect 5.1 to Format a Manual" in the "Teaching Tips" column of the Journal of the Society for Technical Communication. 1993, 3rd quart., pp. 478-80.
"Little Words" in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 1993, Number 3, pp. 233-37.
"Selling Technology in Technical Advertisements: A Case Study." Journal of the Society for Technical Communication. 1995, 2nd quart., 226-30.
"Designing Design Into an Advanced Desktop Publishing Course," Journal of the Society for Technical Communication. 1995, 2nd quart., pp. 319-21.
"Measuring the Sun: Emily Dickinson's Interpretation of Her Optical Illness." ESQ. 1995, Number 3, pp. 239-55.
"A Revolution in Locality: Astronomical Tropes in Emily Dickinson's Poetry." The Midwest Quarterly. 1996, volume 37, no. 4, pp. 365- 82.
"Dickinson's `The Parasol is the umbrella's daughter'" The Explicator. 1996, Number 2, pp. 84-86.
"Law, Property, and Provincialism in Dickinson's Poems and Letters to Judge Otis Phillips Lord." The Emily Dickinson Journal. 1996, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 27-44.
Review of Alred, Oliu, and Brusaw's The Professional Writer in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1993, Number 2, pp. 203-05.
Legerdemain, a book of poems. The Press of the Good Mountain, Rochester, N.Y. 1977.
"A Grammar for Technicians," Midwest Regional Conference on English, Dayton, February 1991.
"How Information Overload Can Wreck Technical Writing," Society for Technical Communication conference, Atlanta, May 1992.
"Lost Jewel, Absent King: Benjamin Newton's Impact Upon Emily Dickinson," Emily Dickinson International Society Conference, Washington D.C., October 1992.
"Black Eyes in Technical Marketing," Society for Technical Communication conference, Dallas, June 1993.
"Fire and Flood: Images of the Social Contract's Collapse in the Literature of Chicago," Midwest Popular Culture Association, East Lansing, October 1993.
"Snow, Self-Portraiture, and Publication in Dickinson's `It Sifts from Leaden Sieves --' and Emerson's `The Snow-Storm,'" meeting of the International Emily Dickinson Society, in Innsbruck, Austria, August, 1995.
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS)
email: james.guthrie@wright.edu
phone: (937) 775-2879