John Poch

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John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet and critic.

Biography

John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas. He was the inaugural Colgate University Creative Writing Fellow, and now teaches in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University.[1] He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the University of North Texas Press, and until recently edited 32 Poems with poet Deborah Ager.[2]

Awards

  • Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize [3]
  • Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship [4]
  • The Nation/Discovery Prize [5]

Publications

Poetry Collections

Old Flame | editor (with Deborah Ager and Bill Beverly) | WordFarm Press | 2009 |

  • Fix Quiet. St. Augustine's Press. 2015. 
  • 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. 

Chapbook

  • In Defense of the Fall. Trilobite Press. 2000. 

Online Works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.versedaily.org/2008/aboutjohnpochtmfwak.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.english.ttu.edu/general_info/directory/faculty_profile_pages/poch_detailed.asp#internet
  3. ↑ http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
  4. ↑ http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
  5. ↑ http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
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