Dexter L. Booth, Ph.D.

dbooth4@ashland.edu
Department(s)
Languages and Literatures
Biography
  • Author of Abracadabra, Sunshine, Rhapsody and the collection Scratching the Ghost
  • Recipient of the 2012 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
  • Poetry has been included in numerous anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 2015, The Burden of Light: Poems on Illness and Loss, The Golden Shovel Anthology honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry and Plume Poetry 9.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Creative Writing, University of Southern California
  • M.A. in Creative Writing, Arizona State University