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Wally Swist

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Wally Swist

Author's Bio

A recording of a poem from my solo reading in the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival is archived at npr.org. A short documentary biographical film regarding my work as a poet and a writer was released by WildArts in 2008, In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist, has been screened at a number of venues, including at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT and the Pleasant Street Theater in Northampton, MA. Contact and queries regarding a screening of the film, especially with respect to organizations affiliated with the natural world and/or the literary arts are most welcome. In addition, I have published a scholarly monograph, The Friendship of Two New England Poets, Robert Frost and Robert Francis, with The Edwin Mellen Press in 2009.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
Blessing and Homage (Timberline Press, 2012), Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love (Southern Illinois University Press, 2012), Luminous Dream (Futurecycle Press, 2010), Mount Toby Poems (Timberline Press, 2009), The Silence Between Us (Brooks Books, 2005), Veils of the Divine (Hanover Press, 2003), The White Rose (Timberline Press, 2000), The New Life (Plinth Books, 1998), The Mown Meadow (Los Hombres Press, 1996), For the Dance (Adastra Press, 1991)
Chapbooks:
Train Whistle (Proof Press, 1996), Blowing Reeds (Timberline Press, 1995), The Gristmill's Trough (Hummingbird Press, 1991), Sugaring Buckets (High/Coo Press, 1989), Chimney Smoke (Juniper Press, 1988), Unmarked Stones (Burnt Lake Press, 1988), Waking Up the Ducks (Adastra Press, 1987)
Anthologies:
In the Garden of Poetry: 20th Anniversary of the Sunken Garden Poetry Series (Wesleyan University Press, 2012), What's Nature Got to Do With Me?: Staying Wildly Sane in a Mad World (Native West Press, 2011), Where the River Goes: The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku (Snapshot Press, 2011), Solace in So Many Words (Hourglass Books, 2010), From the Other World: Poems in Memory of James Wright (Lost Hills Books, 2008), Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage (Poetworks/Grayson Books, 2003), Haiku: Poetry Ancient & Modern (Tuttle, 2002), The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots and Other Literary Fruits (University of South Carolina Press, 2002), Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure (New World Library, 2001), Stories from Where We Live: The North Atlantic Coast (Milkweed Editions, 2000), The Haiku Anthology (W.W. Norton & Company, 1999), Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry (Monitor Book Company, 1997), Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac (Kodansha International, 1996), Place of the Long River: A Connecticut River Anthology of Poetry and Prose with Views from the Source to the Sound (Blue Moon Press, 1995), Haiku Moment (Tuttle, 1993)
Journals:
Alaska Quarterly Review, Alimentum, Appalachia, Blood & Honey Review, Many Hands: A Magazine for Holistic Health, Modern Haiku, Paintbrush: A Journal of Poetry & Translation, Puckerbrush Review, Rolling Stone, Rosebud, Slant: A Journal of Poetry, Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality, Yankee Magazine
Prizes:
Former Poet-in-Residence, Fort Juniper, the Robert Francis Homestead (1998, 2003-2005); recipient of Artist Fellowship Awards in Poetry from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts (1978, 2003); one of seven finalists chosen from New England and New York to read their poetry in the 40th Anniversary of the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention (Creative Session) (2009); finalist in the 2010 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize for Luminous Dream; co-winner of the Crab Orchard Series Open Poetry Competition for 2011 for Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love.

Wally Swist Resume

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Listing last updated: May 27, 2011

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
Buddhist
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
New Haven, CT

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