Chris Forhan Explained
Chris Forhan is a poet, memoirist, and professor at Butler University,[1] author most recently, of My Father Before Me, published by Simon and Schuster.[2] Each of his full-length poetry collections has won an award: Black Leapt In, The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars, and Forgive Us Our Happiness, which won the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize, the Morse Poetry Prize, and Bakeless Prize, respectively.[3]
Forhan has had poems published in The Best American Poetry 2008, AGNI online, Poetry,[4] Slate,[5] and The Paris Review. He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts[6] and two Pushcart Prizes.[7] He has also won the Washington State Book Award and the Best Book of Indiana Award. His books have been reviewed in Publishers Weekly,[8] Kirkus Reviews,[9] Library Journal,[10] and New York Journal of Books.[11] He has been interviewed by Superstition Review,[12] Bellingham Review,[13] and Midwestern Gothic.[14]
Personal life
He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He is married to the poet Alessandra Lynch, and they live in Indianapolis with their sons.[15]
Published works
Memoir
Full-length Poetry Collections
Chapbook
- Ransack and Dance: Poems (Silver Birch Press, 2013)[18]
- X: A Poem (Floating Bridge Press, 2000)[19]
- Crumbs of Bread (March Street Press, 1995)[20]
External links
Notes and References
- https://blogs.butler.edu/butlermfa/2017/01/20/forhan/ Butler University | MFA Faculty | Chris Forhan
- https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/My-Father-Before-Me/Chris-Forhan/9781501131318 Simon & Schuster | Books | My Father Before Me/Chris Forhan
- https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/chris_forhan Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Forhan
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chris-forhan Poetry Foundation | Poets | Chris Forhan
- https://slate.com/author/chris-forhan Slate Poems by Chris Forhan
- https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/chris-forhan National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Fellows | 2007 Poetry | Chris Forhan
- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chris-forhan Poetry Foundation | Poets | Chris Forhan
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-3126-4 Publishers Weekly | Book Review | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | 07/18/2016
- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/chris-forhan/forgive-us-our-happiness/ Kirkus | Book Reviews | Forgive Us Our Happiness by Chris Forhan | November 1, 1999
- https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/my-father-before-me Library Journal | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | Reviewed by Derek Sanderson July 21, 2016
- https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/my-father-me-memoir New York Journal of Books | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | Reviewed by Beth Kephart
- https://superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue18/interviews/chrisforhan Superstition Review | Issue 18 | A Flat Figure: An Interview with Chris Forhan
- http://bhreview.org/2018/05/02/contributor-spotlight-chris-forhan/ Bellingham Review | Contributor Spotlight: Chris Forhan | May 2, 2018
- http://midwestgothic.com/2017/04/interview-chris-forhan/ Midwestern Gothic | Chris Forhan Interview | by Megan Valley | April 2017
- https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/chris_forhan Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Forhan
- https://barrowstreet.org/press/product/black-leapt-in-by-chris-forhan/ Barrow Street Press | Black Leapt In, Chris Forhan
- https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/2048631 Penn State University Libraries Catalog | Forgive Us Our Happiness, Chris Forhan
- https://www.silverbirchpress.com/ransack_and_dance.html Silver Birch Press | Ransack and Dance, Chris Forhan
- https://www.floatingbridgepress.org/product/x-a-poem/ Floating Bridge Press | X: A Poem, Chris Forhan
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL12148303M/Crumbs_of_Bread Open Library | Crumbs of Bread by Chris Forhan
