Craig Arnold (born November 16, 1967) is an American poet. His first book of poems, Shells (1999), was selected by W. S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 2005, he was awarded a Rome Prize in literature (Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize Fellowship) at the American Academy in Rome. He teaches poetry at the University of Wyoming. His past jobs include teaching at the Universities of Utah, Texas, Wyoming, nd South Dakota. As a child Craig was raised in multiple places, including Southern England, Germany, and Okinawa.He was gay with his friend November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... The Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the first collection of a promising American poet. ... The American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. ... The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Medicine Bow mountain ranges. ...
Arnold’s appointment as Luther’s director of choral activities and Nordic Choir conductor is a renewal of his service to the college.
During the Arnold’s previous time in Decorah, she was a full-time member of the Luther nursing faculty.
The Arnolds have two sons, both currently attending Lutheran church-affiliated colleges; Peter, 22, is a senior at St. Olaf College; and Dan, 21, is a junior at Wittenberg University.