Richard Siken Explained

Richard Siken
Birth Date: February 15, 1967
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Poet
Alma Mater:University of Arizona (BA. MFA)

Richard Siken (born February 15, 1967) is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of the collection Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2015.

Early life and education

Siken was born in New York City.[1] He studied at and received a B.A. in psychology and later a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the University of Arizona.[2] He is his mother's only child, with a half-brother on his father's side 16 years older, who never lived with him. He has a stepsister and two stepbrothers, who are all over 10 years older than him and have never lived with him.[3]

Career

In 2001, Siken co-founded Spork Press, where he continues to work as an editor.

Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book Crush was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for "Gay Men's Poetry" in 2005,[4] and the Thom Gunn Award from Publishing Triangle. The 1990 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.[5] [6]

Siken's book War of the Foxes became a recipient of two residencies with the Lannan Residency Program, and a Lannan Literary Selection.[7]

Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. On March 19, 2019, Siken reported on his Facebook that he had recently suffered a stroke. On December 4, 2020, he published his first post-stroke poem, "Real Estate" on poets.org[8] after announcing it on his Facebook the day prior.[9]

On July 9, 2023, he announced his new book I Do Know Some Things comes out in Fall 2024. Siken described the new publication on Twitter as "77 prose poems about what I can remember about my life. It is autobiographical. A backstage pass."[10]

Awards

Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Thom Gunn Award.

Siken is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Siken - Western Illinois University. www.wiu.edu. 2020-05-05.
  2. Web site: Nerve-Wracked Love by Nell Casey. 2016-11-16. Poetry Foundation. en-us. 2016-11-16.
  3. Web site: Siken, Richard. October 5, 2023 . I am my mother's only child. I have a half-brother on my dad's side who is 16 years older. We never lived together. An I have a stepsister and two step brothers, all of whom are over ten years older than me and didn't live in the same house. Which makes me the youngest of five.. 2023-11-13 . X (formerly Twitter) . en.
  4. Web site: Previous Lammy Award Winners. 2008-08-06. Lambda Literary Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20080504161813/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2004_2006.html . 2008-05-04.
  5. News: 2006-04-13 . Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work . Joan . Schuman . .
  6. Web site: Siken . Richard . Cover Story . Pithead Chapel .
  7. Web site: Lannan Literary Program - Lannan Foundation. Robinson. Shane. www.lannan.org. 2016-11-18.
  8. Web site: Siken . Richard . Real Estate . poets.org . 19 January 2022.
  9. Web site: Siken . Richard . Facebook . .
  10. 1677904530690768897. richardsiken. My new book _I Do Know Some Things_ comes out in Fall 2024. It is 77 prose poems about what I can remember about my life. It is autobiographical. A backstage pass.. Richard. Siken.
  11. Web site: Richard Siken. 17 August 2022. Poetry Foundation.
  12. Web site: National Book Critics Circle: awards. bookcritics.org. 2016-11-18. 2019-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20191006045535/http://bookcritics.org/awards/past_awards/. dead.
  13. News: 18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . Cerna . Antonio Gonzalez . 2005-04-09 . Lambda Literary . en-US . 2016-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211105334/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/09/lambda-literary-awards-2005/ . 2013-12-11 .
  14. Web site: Publishing Triangle. www.publishingtriangle.org. 2016-11-18.
  15. Web site: Richard Siken - Lannan Foundation. Diaz. Alex. www.lannan.org. 2016-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119120224/http://www.lannan.org/residency/experience/richard-siken. 2016-11-19. dead.
  16. Web site: Richard Siken - Lannan Foundation. Diaz. Alex. www.lannan.org. 2016-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119115844/http://www.lannan.org/residency/experience/richard-siken1. 2016-11-19. dead.

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