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Simeon Berry

Poet

Somerville, MA

Massachusetts US

Email:

simeon.berry@gmail.com

Website:

simeonberry.com

Author's Bio

Simeon Berry was born in Guilford, Connecticut, and was educated at New College of Florida and Eckerd College. He received a M.F.A. in Poetry from Indiana University at Bloomington, and has been an Associate Editor for Ploughshares. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

His first book, Ampersand Revisited, won the 2013 National Poetry Series (Fence Books), and his second book, Monograph, won the 2014 National Poetry Series (University of Georgia Press).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Devouring the Green (Jaded Ibis Press, 2015)

,

Decomposition (Lost Horse Press, 2010)

,

Don't Leave Hungry: Fifty Years of Southern Poetry Review (University of Arkansas Press, 2009)

Books:

Monograph (The University of Georgia Press, 2015)

,

Ampersand Revisited (Fence Books, 2014)

Journals:

5 AM

,

,

American Letters & Commentary

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Another Chicago Magazine

,

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Artful Dodge

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Arts & Letters

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Beloit Poetry Journal

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Black Warrior Review

,

,

Chelsea

,

Colorado Review

,

Cream City Review

,

,

,

,

Green Mountains Review

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Guernica Magazine

,

,

Hayden's Ferry Review

,

,

Hotel Amerika

,

,

,

The Literary Review

,

,

New Delta Review

,

New Orleans Review

,

New World Writing

,

Notre Dame Review

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Sentence

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Southeast Review

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Southern Poetry Review

,

,

Verse

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Washington Square Review

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Western Humanities Review

Prizes won:

Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist Grant, Career Chapter Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Raised in:

Guilford, CT

Connecticut

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Last update: Oct 22, 2014