John Poch
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Born | 1966 |
Occupation | Author/Professor |
John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, fiction writer, and critic.
Biography
[edit]John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida[1] and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas.[2] He was the inaugural Colgate University Creative Writing Fellow, and from 2001 to 2023 he taught in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University.[3] He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the University of North Texas Press, and for ten years edited 32 Poems with poet Deborah Ager.[4]
Awards
[edit]- Fulbright Core Scholar Fellowship (University of Barcelona, 2014) [5]
- New Criterion Poetry Prize [6]
- Donald Justice Poetry Prize [7]
- Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize [8]
- Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship [9]
- The Nation/Discovery Prize [10]
Publications
[edit]Poetry collections
[edit]- Between Two Rivers. Texas Tech University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781682830383.
- TEXASES. Wordfarm. 2019. ISBN 9781602260221.
- Longsuffering.
- Fix Quiet. St. Augustine's Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1587312694.
- Dolls. Orchises Press. 2009. ISBN 9781932535204.
- Two Men Fighting with a Knife. Story Line Press. 2008. ISBN 9780978599799.
- Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle. Flying Horse Editions. 2007.
- Chad Davidson and John Poch. Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection. St. Martin's Press. 2006. ISBN 9780312356071.
- Poems. Orchises Press. 2004. ISBN 9781932535006.
- Old Flame (editor, with Deborah Ager and Bill Beverly). WordFarm Press. 2012.
Chapbook
[edit]- In Defense of the Fall. Trilobite Press. 2000.
Online Works
[edit]- PBS Interview
- "Liquid Italy", Linebreak
- "Shrike", Videopoem
- "Sonnet on Time", Videopoem
- "3 Prose Poems", Hobart
- "The Ghost Town", Verse Daily
- "February Flu", Paris Review
- "Elegy for a Suicide", Poetry
References
[edit]- ^ "Alumni & Alumnae Teaching at Universities". web.english.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31.
- ^ "John Poch". 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Verse Daily: About Two Men Fighting with a Knife by John Poch".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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- ^ "John Poch wins 2014 New Criterion Poetry Prize".
- ^ "Professor Receives Prestigious Donald Justice Poetry Prize | July | 2008 | Texas Tech Today | TTU".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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