Richard Siken

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Richard Siken

Occupation	poet
Nationality	American

Richard Siken is an American poet. He is the author of a collection of poetry, Crush, which won the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004, and is the editor of spork literary magazine. Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book Crush was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for "Gay Men's Poetry" in 2005,^[1] and the Thom Gunn Award from Publishing Triangle. The 1991 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.^[2]

Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona and is a full-time social worker.

Awards

Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Gluck. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award and the Thom Gunn Award.

Siken is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.^[3]

References

↑ "Previous Lammy Award Winners". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
↑ Schuman, Joan (2006-04-13). "Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work". Tucson Weekly |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Richard Siken".

External links

Review of Crush in The New Hampshire Review
Profile of Richard Siken from "Poetry" magazine
Richard Siken reads "Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out" for Apostrophe Cast (apostrophecast.com)

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