Bruce Snider Explained

Bruce Snider is an American poet originally from rural Indiana, who is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he taught at the University of San Francisco, Stanford University, George Washington University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Connecticut College. His poems and essays have appeared in American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Iowa Review, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Virginia Quarterly Review, Threepenny Review, Utne Reader, Zyzzyva, and Best American Poetry 2012^[1] . With the poet Shara Lessley, Snider co-edited The Poem's Country: Place & Poetic Practice (Pleiades Press), an anthology of essays.

Awards

• Jenny McKean Writer-in-Washington, George Washington University
• Robert Frost Fellow, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference
• Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize,^[2] Pleaides Press^[3]
• Amy Clampitt House Residency
• James Merrill House Residency^[4]
• Wallace Stegner Fellowship,^[5] Stanford University
• Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry,^[6] University of Wisconsin Press
• James A. Michener Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin

Books

• Fruit (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020)
• The Poem’s Country: Place and Poetic Practice (Pleiades Press, 2018) co-editor
• Paradise, Indiana (Pleiades Press, 2013)
• The Year We Studied Women^[6] (University of Wisconsin Press, 2003)

Education

• Master of Fine Arts University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelor of Arts Indiana University

External links

• Bruce Snider's Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Best American Poetry 2012, Guest Edited by Mark Doty. bestamericanpoetry.com. 27 November 2018.
2. News: Bruce Snider Wins 2011 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize. June 27, 2011. SYCAMORE REVIEW. 27 November 2018.
3. Web site: Pleiades Press Interview with Bruce Snider. pleiadespress.org. 27 November 2018.
4. Web site: Bruce Snider. jamesmerrillhouse.org. 27 November 2018. Archived version
5. Web site: Former Stegner Fellows Creative Writing Program. creativewriting.stanford.edu. 27 November 2018.
6. Book: UW Press – : The Year We Studied Women, Bruce Snider. 9780299193843 . Snider . Bruce . 2003. Univ of Wisconsin Press .