Sébastien Luc Butler

Poet

Author's Bio

Sébastien Luc Butler was born and raised in Michigan. He is the author of the chapbook Sky Tongued Back with Light (Black Lawrence, 2026) and Viscera (Four Way Books, 2027), finalist for the National Poetry Series, Autumn House Press, the Michael Waters, and Levis Book Prizes. His poems have been recognized with the Patricia Cleary Miller Award, and have appeared in Narrative Magazine, Pleiades, Blackbird, Michigan Quarterly Review, Bennington Review, and Black Warrior Review, among others. A former Poe/Faulkner Fellow in Poetry, he reads for The Adroit Journal and lives in New York City.

 

Education: 
University of Virginia MFA

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Sky Tongued Back with Light (Black Lawrence Press, 2026)
Journals:
Blackbird
,
Four Way Review
,
Narrative Magazine
,
Sixth Finch
,
Southeast Review
,
swamp pink
,
Verse Daily
Prizes won: 

Patrica Cleary Miller Award - New Letters Magazine - 2024

Black River Chapbook Competition - Black Lawrence Press - 2024

Hopwood Award for Poetry - University of Michigan - 2021

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
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Last update: Jan 29, 2026