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David Roderick (born 1970) is an American poet from Plymouth, Massachusetts, who taught for nine years at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Oct 10, 2019 · U.S. Steel was reeling from foreign competition when David Roderick became CEO in 1979. The Marine veteran closed scores of inefficient plants and bought Marathon Oil and other energy assets....
David Roderick grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts. At Colby College, where he earned his BA, he studied American Studies and creative writing. He earned an MFA at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and also studied poetry at Stanford University as a Wallace Stegner fellow.
David Roderick is a poet, critic, and teacher. His books include BLUE COLONIAL and THE AMERICANS. David co-directs Left Margin LIT, a creative writing center in Berkeley.
David Roderick grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts. At Colby College, where he earned his BA, he studied American Studies and creative writing. He earned an MFA at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and also studied poetry at Stanford University as a Wallace Stegner fellow.
DAVID RODERICK Let’s start by talking about the title poem in Standoff, mostly because the way it opens (“I like reality. I like Rome /especially, its diesel fuel /and roasted coffee beans / intact & on the feast day / of San Lorenzo di Perugia…”) sounds like vintage Rivard to me.
David Roderick disputes that notion, and in his book, Blue Colonial, he weaves together poems, both historical and autobiographical to illustrate how past and present intertwine and bear upon one another.”
