Ryan Wilson (poet)

Ryan Wilson
Photgraph of Wilson, sitting at a desk, facing the camera directly
Ryan Wilson, photo from Literary Matters
Born 1982 (age 35–36)
Griffin, Georgia
Occupation Academic, editor, literary critic, poet

Ryan Wilson (born 1982) is an academic, editor, literary critic, and poet from Baltimore, Maryland. He is the office manager of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, editor of Literary Matters, and an award winning poet and essayist. His first collection of poetry, The Stranger World, was published in June 2017.

Personal life

In 1982, Wilson was born in Griffin, Georgia.[1] He grew up in Macon, Georgia, and graduated from Tattnall Square Academy in 2000.[2]

He has a B.A. (English) from the University of Georgia, an M.F.A. (Poetry) from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M.F.A. (Poetry) [3] from Boston University in 2008.[1] Currently he is a doctoral candidate at The Catholic University of America, and he serves as the Office Manager of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers and editor of Literary Matters, the association's digital literary journal.[2] He lives in Baltimore with his wife.[1]

Publications

His works have been published in 32 Poems, Able Muse, The Classical Outlook, Dappled Things, First Things, Light, The Hopkins Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Measure, Raintown Review, River Styx, The Sewanee Review, The Sewanee Theological Review, Unsplendid, among others.[4][1]

His first collection of poetry, The Stranger World was published by Measure Press in June 2017.[1][5] Mark Jarman said, "The Stranger World includes heartbreaking lyrics, haunting narratives, inspired translations, and finely honed satires... written with the authority of mastery."[2] Robert Pinsky wrote, "Ryan Wilson’s mastery of traditional forms serves a fresh, distinctive poetry of candor and meditation: soulful rather than brittle, more observant than performative. The idiomatic, American blank verse of Wilson’s 'Authority' and 'L’Estraneo' is as fluent as that of Robert Frost, but with an oblique tenderness that reminds me of Frost’s friend Edward Thomas."[2]

Awards

  • Sankey Prize for Excellence in Poetry (Johns Hopkins University).[3]
  • Shmuel Traum Prize (Boston University).[3]
  • Eleanor Clark Award (Robert Penn Warren Circle), winner.[3]
  • Morton Marr Prize (The Southwest Review), finalist, 2009.[3]
  • International Poetry Contest (River Styx), honorable mention, 2012.[3]
  • Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2015.[1]
  • Frost Farm Poetry Prize, honorable mention, 2015.[6]
  • Jacques Maritain Prize (Dappled Things), winner, 2015.[7]
  • Vassar Miller Book Prize, finalist, 2016.[4]
  • Walter Sullivan Prize for Promise in Criticism (The Sewanne Review), winner, 2016.[8]
  • Donald Justice Poetry Prize, winner, 2017.[9]

Works cited

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ryan Wilson's recent publications and awards". BU Creative Writing. June 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ryan Wilson, Our Editor". Literary Matters. Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Graduate Students - Department of English Language and Literature". Catholic University of America. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Ryan Wilson's Pushcart nomination and publications". BU Creative Writing. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Ryan (June 2017). The Stranger World. Measure Press. ISBN 9781939574206.
  6. ↑ "Frost Farm Prize - Former Winning Poems". Frost Farm. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ McCann, Meredith. "Winners of the 2015 Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction". Dappled Things. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Sewanee Review Prizes 2015". Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Poetry Center". West Chester University. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

Further reading

  • "Wilson, Ryan". Beltway Poetry Quarterly. Retrieved July 20, 2017. – Beltway Poetry Quarterly showcases the literary community in Washington, DC and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region.
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