Hank Lazer (b. San Jose, California) is an American poet and critic who teaches at the University of Alabama.
[1] He is also the director of Creative Campus, a university-wide program designed to "expand arts experiences for the community.
"[2] A noted poet in his own right, he is responsible for bringing renowned writers to the Tuscaloosa campus, including Robert Creeley[3] and Neil Gaiman.
In addition, he published two volumes of criticism, Opposing Poetries: Volume One—Issues and Institutions and Opposing Poetries: Volume Two—Readings with Northwestern University Press (2006),[5] and edited a collection of essays by various writers and critics (including Helen Vendler), What is a Poet?, for the University of Alabama Press (1987).
[6] Religious studies scholar William G. Doty called his "apocalyptic" work "prophetic and creative.