Kalamazoo College. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Gondek).
KALAMAZOO MI (WKZO AM/FM) –Â A Kalamazoo College English professor has received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Oliver Baez Bendorf will receive $25,000 for a Creative Writing Fellowship from the NEA.
Baez Bendorf is one of 35 winners selected from over 1600 entries.
He says that he will use the fellowship money to fund a future collection of poems, and a possible trip to Germany.
He has written two poetry collections, and won an early career achievement award last year.