LACY, Allen

LACY, Allen. American, b. 1935. Genres: Homes/Gardens, Horticulture. Career: Professor of philosophy and gardening writer. Clemson College, Clemson, SC, instructor in English, 1961-62; James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, assistant professor, 1962-65, associate professor of philosophy and English, 1965-66; Michigan State University, East Lansing, assistant professor of humanities, 1966-68; Kirkland College, Clinton, NY, assistant professor, 1968-69, associate professor of philosophy and humanities, 1969-71; Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ, associate professor, 1971-72, professor of philosophy, 1972-99. Founding editor, Allen Lacy's Homeground (quarterly journal), 1993-. Gardening columnist for Wall Street Journal, 1979-85, and for New York Times, 1986-93. Publications: Home Ground: A Gardener's Miscellany, 1984; Farther Afield: A Gardener's Excursions, 1986; The Garden in Autumn, 1990; The Glory of Roses, 1990; The Gardener's Eye and Other Essays, 1991; Gardening with Groundcovers and Vines, 1993; The Inviting Garden, 1998; In a Green Shade, 2000. EDITOR: (and trans., with M. Nozick and A. Kerrigan) Peace in War, by M. de Unamuno, 1983; (and trans. with others) The Private World, by Unamuno, 1984; Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins, by E. Lawrence, 1987; The American Gardener: A Sampler, 1988; (with N. Goodwin) A Rock Garden in the South, by Lawrence, 1990. OTHER: (trans.) M. de Unamuno: The Rhetoric of Existence (philosophy), 1967. Author of gardening articles for periodicals. Contributor of book reviews and scholarly articles to periodicals. Address: 1511 Shore Rd., Linwood, NJ 08221, U.S.A.