Anders Carlson-Wee Explained

Anders Carlson-Wee
Birth Date:1985 5, mf=y
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Education:Fairhaven College
Vanderbilt University
Genre:Poetry
Notableworks:Disease of Kings
The Low Passions
Website:www.anderscarlsonwee.com

Anders Carlson-Wee is an American poet. His first collection, The Low Passions, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019.[1] Norton published his second collection, Disease of Kings, in 2023.[2] [3]

Personal life

Carlson-Wee was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota[4] to Lutheran pastor parents, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota.[5] [6] He is a former professional rollerblader,[7] and has written extensively about dumpster diving,[8] as well as hopping freight trains and traveling the country.[9] He has dyslexia.[10] [11]

He has two brothers: poet and filmmaker Kai Carlson-Wee and entrepreneur Olaf Carlson-Wee.

Career

Carlson-Wee studied at Fairhaven College of Western Washington University before earning his MFA at Vanderbilt University.[12] [13]

His poems have been published in various journals and magazines including The Paris Review,[14] Harvard Review,[15] BuzzFeed,[16] The American Poetry Review,[17] Ploughshares,[18] and Virginia Quarterly Review.[19]

Anders is co-director of the poetry film Riding the Highline, which has won numerous prizes at film festivals.

Awards and fellowships

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Low Passions . 2023-01-19 . wwnorton.com . en.
  2. Web site: Disease of Kings . 2024-02-21 . www.wwnorton.com . en.
  3. Web site: Anders Carlson-Wee . 2023-01-19 . Anders Carlson-Wee . en-US.
  4. Web site: Anders Carlson-Wee . 2023-01-19 . Poets & Writers . 12 October 2018 . en.
  5. Web site: Midwestern Gothic – A Literary Journal » Blog Archive » Interview: Anders and Kai Carlson-Wee . 2023-01-19 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.shoutoutla.com . 12 June 2023 . en.
  7. Web site: Anders Carlson-Wee . 2023-01-19 . www.arts.gov . en.
  8. Web site: An American Disease Anders Carlson-Wee on Dumpster Diving in a Culture of Waste . 2024-02-21 . www.thesunmagazine.org . en.
  9. Web site: Slice Magazine An Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee, by Christopher Locke . 2023-01-19 . en-US.
  10. Web site: The Eye for True . 2023-01-19 . The Rupture . 23 August 2019 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Lay It Bare: Joy Baglio Interviews Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.thecommononline.org . 9 October 2023 . en.
  12. Web site: Carlson-Wee . Anders . 2015-06-24 . Anders Carlson-Wee . 2023-01-19 . www.narrativemagazine.com . en.
  13. Web site: December 5, 2014 . National Endowment for the Arts awards fellowship to Vanderbilt MFA student . 2023-01-19 . Vanderbilt University . en-US.
  14. Web site: The Paris Review, "Hired" by Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.theparisreview.org . en.
  15. Web site: Harvard Review "The Family" by Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.harvardreview.org . en.
  16. Web site: BuzzFeed "Trophy" by Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.buzzfeednews.com . 30 January 2018 . en.
  17. Web site: American Poetry Review Sep/Oct 2023 Issue . 2024-02-21 . www.aprweb.org . en.
  18. Web site: Ploughshares Author Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.pshares.org . en.
  19. Web site: VQR Author Anders Carlson-Wee . 2024-02-21 . www.vqronline.org . en.

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