User:AlvinKnight/sandbox

= Mischa Willett =

Mischa Willett (born 1978 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American poet and academic.

His first book of poetry, Phases (2017), was reviewed by Englewood Review of Books, Pedestal Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and Relief Journal features "plain spoken, rhythmic and musical" observations about the life of faith. Willett's poetry has been compared stylistically to Gerard Manly Hopkins and Richard Wilbur.

Formal Education
Willett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College (2000), a Master of Arts degree from Northern Arizona University (2003), a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Washington (2006) and a Ph.D. from University of Washington (2012).

Academic Career
Willett serves on the faculty at Seattle Pacific University, where his research focuses on nineteenth-century aesthetics, British Romanticism, and the Spasmodic Poets.

Poetry
Willett is the author of two collections of poetry: Phases (2017) and The Elegy Beta (2020). His poems have appeared in journals including Rio Grande Review, J Journal , Basalt, The Cresset, The Christian Century, and others.

He has published translations from the Italian of Giocomo Leopari and from the German of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Essays
Willett's essays have been published in such venues as Comment Magazine , The Curator, Books and Culture, Front Porch Republic, First Things, andThe Gospel Coalition.

Family
He is married to the choreographer Amber Willett, and they have two children, Lucca and Sebastian.