Roger Fanning (born 1962 in Millington, Tennessee) is an American poet.[1]
Roger Fanning | |
|---|---|
| Born | Millington, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
Life edit
He teaches in the low-residency Warren Wilson MFA program out of Goddard College.[2] He lives in Seattle with his wife and son.[3]
His work is noted for its ironic sincerity and exaltation of the mundane.
Awards edit
- 1992 Whiting Award
- National Poetry Series for The Island Itself
Works edit
Books edit
- The Island Itself. Penguin Books. 1992. ISBN 978-0-14-058689-3. (1st edition 1991)
- Homesick. Penguin Poets. 2002. ISBN 978-0-14-200052-6.
- The Middle Ages. Penguin Books. 2012. ISBN 978-0-14312-034-6.
Anthologies edit
- Michael Collier, ed. (2000). "The Space Needle". The new American poets. UPNE. ISBN 978-0-87451-964-8.
Poems edit
- "Australia"; "Henry", The Drunken Boat, spring 2000
- "Poet's Choice: Hospital Sidewalk." Selected by Mary Karr. The Washington Post, October 19, 2008
References edit
- ^ "The Official Hootenanny".
- ^ "GR Contributors: Fall 2001". www.greensbororeview.org. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Collier, Michael; College, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury (2000-01-01). The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology. UPNE. ISBN 9780874519648.
External links edit
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