Hudgins was born in
Killeen, Texas, and raised in
Alabama. He earned a B.A. at
Huntingdon College, an M.A. at the
University of Alabama, and an M.F.A. at the
University of Iowa. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry and essays, many of which have received high critical praise, such as
The Never-Ending: New Poems (1991), which was a finalist for the National Book Awards;
After the Lost War: A Narrative (1988, based on the life of
Sidney Lanier), which received the
Poets' Prize; and
Saints and Strangers (1985), which was a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. Hudgins is an elected member of the
Fellowship of Southern Writers and a frequent
Sewanee Writers' Conference faculty member. He is currently Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at
Ohio State University. He previously taught at
Baylor University and the
University of Cincinnati. He is the recipient of a
Guggenheim Fellowship and two
NEA fellowships. Hudgins lives in
Upper Arlington, Ohio, with his wife, the writer
Erin McGraw. ==Bibliography==