James Kimbrell

Photo Credit: Michelle McFatter

James Kimbrell (born 1967) is an American poet.

Life

As an undergraduate he majored in philosophy at Millsaps College, where his poetry was first published in the literary magazine Stylus.[1]

He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with an M.A., from University of Virginia with an MFA, and from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri with a Ph.D. He teaches at Florida State University.[2]

His work has appeared in Poetry, Field, Fence,[3] The Nation, Prairie Schooner, The Boston Book Review.

Awards

  • 1998 Whiting Award
  • Ruth Lilly Fellowship
  • "Discovery"/The Nation Award
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship
  • Academy of American Poets Prize
  • National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2005
  • 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
  • National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2017

Works

Books

  • Smote. Sarabande Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-941411-09-4.
  • My Psychic. Sarabande Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-932511-25-3.
  • The Gatehouse Heaven. Sarabande Books. 1998. ISBN 978-1-889330-13-6.
  • Empty house. University of Virginia. 1994.
  • Land and weather. University of Southern Mississippi. 1992.

Translations

  • Three Poets of Modern Korea: Yi Sang, Hahm Dong-Seon and Choi Young-Mi, a collection of translations from the Korean. Translators Jung-Yul Yu, James Kimbrell. Sarabande Books. 2002. ISBN 978-1-889330-71-6.

Anthologies

  • Michael Collier, ed. (2000). "True Descenders". American Poetry: The Next Generation. UPNE. ISBN 978-0-87451-964-8.

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with James Kimbrell," Stylus: 2008 Stylus http://www.millsaps.edu/student_life/student_publications_stylus.php/
  2. ↑ "The English Department at Florida State University". www.english.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ↑ Wolff, Rebecca (2000-01-01). Fence. Fence Magazine, Incorporated. ISBN 9780966332452.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.