William Olsen Explained

William Olsen (born Omaha, Nebraska) is an American poet.

Life

He was raised in Park Forest, Illinois.

His poems and essays have appeared in "Chicago Review, "Crazyhorse", "Gettysburg Review", "The Kenyon Review", "The Nation", The New Republic, Paris Review, "Poetry", "Poetry Northwest", Southern Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. He teaches at Western Michigan University,^[1] and the MFA Program at Vermont College.^[2]

Awards

• 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship ^[3]
• Breadloaf Fellowships
• National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
• Nation/Discovery Award
• The Texas Institute of Arts Award

Works

• Book: TechnoRage . TriQuarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2017 . 978-0-8101-3512-3 .
• Book: Sand Theory . TriQuarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2011 . 978-0-8101-5217-5 .
• "Infinity", Ploughshares, Spring 2004
• Book: Avenue Of Vanishing . TriQuarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2007. 978-0-8101-5182-6 .
• Book: Trouble Lights . TriQuarterly. 2002. registration . 978-0-8101-5106-2.
• Book: Vision of a Storm Cloud . TriQuarterly. 1996. 978-0-8101-5044-7 .
• Book: The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers . University of Illinois Press. 1988. 978-0-252-06001-4 .

Editor

• Book: Poetry in Michigan / Michigan in Poetry . William Olsen . Jack Ridl . New Issues Poetry & Prose . 2013 . 978-1-9369-7016-2 .
• Book: Planet on the table: poets on the reading life. registration. Sharon Bryan . William Olsen. Sarabande Books. 2003. 978-1-889330-91-4 .

Anthologies

• Book: New American poets of the 90's. Jack Elliott Myers. Jack Elliott Myers. Jack Elliott Myers. Jack Elliott Myers. Roger Weingarten. D.R. Godine. 1991. 978-0-87923-892-6.
• Book: The New Breadloaf Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. https://books.google.com/books?id=5a5_Ii2R3qUC&dq=William+Olsen&pg=PA206. Face. Michael Collier . Stanley Plumly. UPNE. 1999. 978-0-87451-950-1 .
• Book: Poets of the New Century. Roger Weingarten . Richard Higgerson. David R. Godine Publisher. 2001. 978-1-56792-178-6 .

External links

• William Olsen, Poets.org
• "The Spirit Behind the Letter", Poetry Santa Cruz
• "In Praise of Darkness: An Exchange ", Blackbird, Fall 2007
• "Noah Gordon reviews", Jacket 19, October 2002

Notes and References

1. Web site: Western Michigan University Creative Writing Faculty . 2009-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090621093121/http://www.wmich.edu/english/creativewriting/williamolsen.html . 2009-06-21 . dead .
2. Web site: William Olsen | Vermont College of Fine Arts . 2009-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090821191132/http://www.vermontcollege.edu/node/236 . 2009-08-21 . dead .
3. Web site: William Olsen - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 2009-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604001504/http://www.gf.org/fellows/10952-william-olsen . 2011-06-04 . dead .