Gary Fincke

Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Selinsgrove, PA
Pennsylvania US

Author's Bio

Have published 14 book-length poetry collections as wells a "new and selected" volume; seven collections of short stories; one novel; and four nonfiction books with Georgia, Ohio State, Missouri, Arkansas, Coffee House, Zoland, BkMk, Stephen F. Austin, Michigan State, Pleiades, and others

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
The Canals of Mars (Michigan State University Press, 2009)
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Standing around the Heart, poems (University of Arkansas Press, 2005)
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Amp'd: A Father's Backstage Pass (Michigan State University Press, 2004)
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Sorry I Worried You, stories (University of Georgia Press, 2004)
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The Stone Child, stories (University of Missouri Press, 2003)
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The Almanac for Desire (BookMark Press, 2000)

Fiction

Journals:
Flaunt
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Harper's
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Kenyon Review
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Paris Review
,

Poetry

Book:
The Fire Landscape (University of Arkansas Press, 2008)
Prizes won: 

Flannery O'Connor Prize; Elixir Press Fiction Prize; Wheelbarrow Books/Michigan State Prize for Established Poets; Stephen F. Austin Poetry Book Prize; Ohio State University Press/The Journal Poetry Prize; Jacar Press Poetry Book Prize; Bess Hokin Prize (Poetry)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Pittsburgh
Raised in: 
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
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Last update: May 06, 2019