- Ph.D. Yale University, 2002
BIO
Isaac Cates received his Ph.D. from Yale in 2002, where he studied how twentieth-century poets use ideas from the natural sciences. He also holds a Master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University in creative writing.
He has published articles and reviews on Modernist and contemporary poetry and poetics, and has written widely on comics and the graphic novel. He also has decades of editorial experience. He currently edits, publishes, and contributes to an award-winning all-ages comics series called Cartozia Tales.
Courses
- The Graphic Novel
- Writing Comedy and Satire
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Twentieth-Century Irish Poetry
- Expository Writing
- Popular Literature of the Early Twentieth Century
- Introductory Seminar
- Introduction to Poetry
- Topics in Modernism
- Pursuit of Knowledge
Publications
Isaac Cates Publications (DOCX)
Awards and Achievements
- Paul C. Gignilliat Dissertation Fellowship (1999)
- Mellon Fellowship for Summer Study (1996)
- Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1994)
- Yale Academy of American Poets Prize (1995, 2001)
- Albert Stanburrough Cook Prize in Poetry (2001, 2002)
- Tennessee Williams Scholarship (Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2000)
Area(s) of expertise
Modern and contemporary poetry, nature poetry and nature writing, the interaction between science and poetry, and time in poetry; Modernism and the difficulty of the modernist avant-garde; the graphic novel, comics as a literary medium, and autobiographical comics; poetic form, formal constraints, and oulipo / oubapo.
Bio
Isaac Cates received his Ph.D. from Yale in 2002, where he studied how twentieth-century poets use ideas from the natural sciences. He also holds a Master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University in creative writing.
He has published articles and reviews on Modernist and contemporary poetry and poetics, and has written widely on comics and the graphic novel. He also has decades of editorial experience. He currently edits, publishes, and contributes to an award-winning all-ages comics series called Cartozia Tales.
Courses
- The Graphic Novel
- Writing Comedy and Satire
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Twentieth-Century Irish Poetry
- Expository Writing
- Popular Literature of the Early Twentieth Century
- Introductory Seminar
- Introduction to Poetry
- Topics in Modernism
- Pursuit of Knowledge
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- Paul C. Gignilliat Dissertation Fellowship (1999)
- Mellon Fellowship for Summer Study (1996)
- Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1994)
- Yale Academy of American Poets Prize (1995, 2001)
- Albert Stanburrough Cook Prize in Poetry (2001, 2002)
- Tennessee Williams Scholarship (Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2000)
Areas of Expertise
Modern and contemporary poetry, nature poetry and nature writing, the interaction between science and poetry, and time in poetry; Modernism and the difficulty of the modernist avant-garde; the graphic novel, comics as a literary medium, and autobiographical comics; poetic form, formal constraints, and oulipo / oubapo.
ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Associations and Affiliations
- Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
- Modern Language Association
- Modernist Studies Association