Andrew Zawacki

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Andrew Zawacki (born 1972) is an American poet, critic, editor, and translator. His first book By Reason of Breakings won the 2001 University of Georgia Contemporary Poetry Series, chosen by Forrest Gander.[1] Work from his second book, Anabranch, was awarded the 2002 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. The volume also includes his 2001 chapbook Masquerade, selected by C.D. Wright to receive the 2002 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award.[2] He has coedited the international literary magazine Verse with Brian Henry since 1995 and has taught at the University of Georgia since 2005. Andrew Zawacki is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first Greek-letter organization among black college students.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995 (White Pine, 1999), editor
  • Masquerade (Vagabond, 2001)
  • By Reason of Breakings (Georgia, 2002)
  • Anabranch (Wesleyan, 2004)
  • Miracle of Measure Ascendant: A Festschrift for Gustaf Sobin (Talisman House, 2005), co-edited with Andrew Joron
  • The Verse Book of Interviews: 27 Poets On Language, Craft & Culture (Verse, 2005), co-edited with Brian Henry

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ *[1] Contemporary Poetry Series web site
  2. ^ *[2] Wesleyan University Press web site