Arts and Culture Faculty
Thomas Burke Bishop
thbishop@du.edu
M.F.A., Writing and Poetics, Naropa University. Burke began teaching in 1997 at Tennessee State University and since that time has taught Creative Writing, American Literature, Playwriting and Screenwriting at DU and Naropa. Burke, Jr. is co-author of the independent feature film, "American Reel", released on DVD in 2003. Also in that year, he contributed book and lyrics to “Soft Trumpet, Slow Guitar”, which received a workshop production at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre.
In 1999, he won an Essay Award from New Millennium Writing, one of six writers cited nationally. His novel, ‘Something Gorgeous’ was released August ’04 by Fafalla, McMillan & Parrish. In fall 2004, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art presented ‘Someone Else’s Dream’, a cycle of his songs. (MALS)