William Billiter

Poet

Mount Vernon, OH
Ohio US
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Author's Bio

William Billiter is orginally from Wapakoneta, Ohio -- hometown of the first man to walk on the moon. A not insignificant fact in that he was an impressionable seven-year old in the summer of '69, and the world's most-famous astronaut fired his imagination in ways that made anything seem possible. After nearly 40 years working his way around the east coast, Billiter recently returned to the Buckeye State, where he assists the provost of Kenyon College on strategic initiatives. He writes by tapping on the mint-green keys of a 1957 Hermes Baby Rocket. Billiter is convinced that his elderly 100-pound lapdog, Willie, is clairvoyant -- except on pizza nights, when obsession short-circuits his canine neurons.   

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Stutter (The University of Georgia Press, 2011)
Prizes won: 

2010 National Poetry Series Open Book Competition - Stutter  published Spring 2011 by University of Georgia Press

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
too many to name...
What I'm reading now: 
The Collected Essays by Elizabeth Hardwick

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Wapakoneta, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Wapakoneta, OH
Ohio
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Last update: May 22, 2019