His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. His poems are available in translation, as well as in several recordings. An honorary doctor of humane letters was conferred upon him by the University of Colorado in 1996. The same year, he also received the U.C.I. Medal from the University of California. He won the Hanes Poetry Prize from the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1997 and the William Faulkner Prize from University Rennes in 1994.
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