Ralph Culver

Ralph Culver was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1952 and grew up in Pittsburgh. Since 1970, apart from a year or two in New York City, he has lived in Vermont. He studied creative writing and literature at Goddard College (Vermont), the New School (New York City), and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College (North Carolina), and filmmaking at the University of Vermont. His poetry, fiction, and criticism have appeared in many publications, and he is a past grantee in poetry of the Vermont Arts Council and multiple nominee for the Pushcart Prize. In 2012, he received the Anabiosis Press Chapbook Prize for his highly praised collection *Both Distances* (Anabiosis Press, 2013). His most recent collection, *So Be It* (WolfGang Press), was published in 2018. His first full-length collection of poems, *A Passable Man*, is forthcoming from MadHat Press in 2021. Culver is a popular lecturer and reader of his work, and has given many poetry readings in public spaces over the years. He is owner and principal of Letter-perfect Writing and Editorial Services, working with commercial businesses and nonprofits throughout North America on their writing needs.