Gary Young (poet) explained
Gary Eugene Young (born 1951) is an American poet, printer and book artist. In 2010, he was named the first ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.[1]
Life
He graduated from University of California Santa Cruz and University of California, Irvine, with an M.F.A.[2]
His work has appeared in Poetry, Antaeus, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Montserrat Review,[3] ZYZZYVA.[4] .
In 1975, he founded Greenhouse Review Press. His print work is represented in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and The Getty Center for the Arts.
His archive is held at Brown University.[5]
He teaches at the University of California Santa Cruz,[6] and has lived near Santa Cruz for thirty years,[7] with his wife and two sons.
In 2012, Young and fellow poet Christopher Buckley published One for the Money: The Sentence as a Poetic Form, A Poetry Workshop Handbook and Anthology through Lynx House Press.
Awards
Works
Poetry
- Book: Hands: Poems. Illuminati. 1979. 978-0-89807-005-7 .
- Book: The Dream of a Moral Life. registration. Copper Beech Press. 1990. 978-0-914278-56-6 .
- Book: Days: Poems. Silverfish Review Press. 1997. 978-1-878851-08-6 .
- Book: Braver Deeds: Poems. Gibbs Smith. 1999. 978-0-87905-866-1 .
- Book: No Harm Done: Poems and Woodcuts. Sutton Hoo Press. 2004 .
- Book: No Other Life. Heyday Books. 2005. 978-1-59714-004-1 .
- Book: Pleasure. Heyday Books. 2006. 978-1-59714-023-2 .
- New and Selected Poems, White Pine Press.
- Book: Adversary. Miramar Editions. 2017 .
- Book: That's What I Thought: Poems. Persea Books. 2018. 978-0-89255-494-2 .
Editor
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gary Young named county's first ever poet laureate - Santa Cruz Sentinel . www.santacruzsentinel.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100130224302/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14284017 . 2010-01-30.
- Web site: Faculty Biographies . 2009-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090307235055/http://kirby.dreamhosters.com/about/faculty-biographies . 2009-03-07 . dead .
- http://www.themontserratreview.com/issue-01-98/contributors.html Contributors
- Web site: Poetry from Zyzzyva . 2009-09-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091014085422/http://www.zyzzyva.org/published.poetry.htm . 2009-10-14 .
- Web site: Brown University Library / Hay.
- Web site: UC Santa Cruz - Literature - Directory - Gary Young . 2009-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100607230613/http://literature.ucsc.edu/directory/details.php?id=179 . 2010-06-07 . dead .
- Web site: Gary Young. May 28, 1981 .
- News: 'Genius and need' wins prose poet Gary Young Shelley Memorial award. Guardian. 12 March 2009 . Alison Flood.
- Web site: UC Santa Cruz lecturer receives prestigious national poetry award . 2009-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402063837/http://press.ucsc.edu/text.asp?pid=2775 . 2009-04-02 . dead .
- Web site: 2003 GRANT AWARDS - Literature Fellowships (Poetry) . 2009-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090711091217/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/03grants/Lit.html . 2009-07-11 . dead .