Matthew Olzmann is a poet, author, and essayist.

Matthew Olzmann
BornDetroit
Alma mater
Employer
Awards
  • Kundiman Fellowship
  • MacDowell Fellowship

Personal life edit

Matthew Olzmann was born in Detroit, Michigan. He currently teaches at Dartmouth College, and the MFA program at Warren Wilson College.[1] Olzmann is married to poet Vievee Francis.[2]

Career edit

Olzmann received his BA from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and his MFA from Warren Wilson College.[3]

He has had poems, stories, and essays appear in various publications, such as Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Salt Hill, Margie, Atlanta Review, Necessary Fiction, Brevity, Southern Review, and elsewhere.[1]

Olzmann is the author of three poetry publications. In 2012, Olzmann edited Another & Another: An Anthology from the Grind Daily Writing Series along with Ross White.[3] His debut collection, Mezzanines, was published by Alice James Books in 2013, which won the Kundiman Prize. In November 2016, Olzmann published his second collection, Contradictions in the Design, also from Alice James Books. In January 2022, his third book of poems, Constellation Route, was published by Alice James Books.

He has received the Kresge Arts Foundation fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.[4]

Olzmann is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire USA.

Awards and fellowships edit

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "About". Matthew Olzmann. 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ Stone, Nomi (14 February 2018). "This Is My Name: A Conversation with Vievee Francis". LAReviewofBooks.org. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Matthew Olzmann". Poetry Foundation. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. ^ "Senior Lecturer Matthew Olzmann Receives NEA Fellowship". Department of English and Creative Writing. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ "Matthew Olzmann". Kresge Arts in Detroit. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  6. ^ Wendy, Author (20 May 2013). "A Conversation with Matthew Olzmann – Lantern Review Blog". Retrieved 2019-08-04. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Selvin, Claire (2018-08-29). "MacDowell Colony Awards Fellowships to 87 Artists". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-08-04.