Poet
Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
Best American Poetry (Scribner, 2010)
, Best American Poetry 2006 (Scribner, 2006)
, The Oxford Book of American Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2006)
, Best American Poetry 2003 (Scribner, 2003)
, From Totems to Hip-Hop (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003)
, Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present (Scribner, 2003)
, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Random House, 2003)
, Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website (Sourcebooks, 2003)
, Best American Poetry 1997 (Scribner, 1998)
Books:
That Ship Has Sailed (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023)
, The Known Universe (Hanging Loose Press, 2018)
, This Way Out (Hanging Loose Press, 2014)
, Lit from Below (Salmon Poetry (Ireland), 2013)
, Falling Out of Bed in a Room with No Floor (Hanging Loose Press, 2011)
, Boy Drinkers (Hanging Loose Press, 2007)
, That Special Place: New World Irish Stories (Hanging Loose Press, 2004)
, The Drift of Things (Figures Press, 2001)
, The Great Indoors (Story Line Press, 1995)
, Irish Musicians/American Friends (Coffee House Press, 1986)
Journals: , , ,
Court Green
, New American Writing
, New Republic
, Paris Review
, , , The New York Quarterly
, Verse
Prizes won:
>Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Writing, 2009; >Maryland State Arts Council poetry grant, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003; >Fund for Poetry award, 1999; >Columbia Book Award for The Great Indoors, 1996. >Named one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans” by Irish America magazine, 1992; >NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, 1992; >American Book Award for Irish Musicians/American Friends, 1986; >Writing grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1992. >INDIE award in the Celtic music category for The Light of Other Days, 1989; >Fellowship to Yaddo artist colony, 1975; >Artist-in-Residence, Corcoran College of Art, 1975; >NDEA Doctoral Fellowship, Fordham University 1967–71; > honorary doctorate, Iona College, 2014.
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
Irish American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
New York,
NY
New York
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Last update: May 21, 2019