William Ford

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

Iowa City, IA

Iowa US

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Author's Bio

I like writing that brings an unusual attention to the way things look, act, and feel--and to the music that embodies each discovery.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Chapbook:

Descending with Miles (Pudding House Publications, 2015)

Journals:

Miller's Pond

Nashville Review

The Wallace Stevens Journal

Valparaiso Poetry Review

Poetry

Anthologies:

The Second Set (Indiana University Press, 1996)

Voices on the Landscape (Loess Hills Press, 1996)

Books:

Past Present Imperfect (Turning Point, 2006)

The Graveyard Picnic (Mid-America Press, 2002)

Chapbook:

Allen & Ellen (Pudding House Publications, 2010)

Journals:

Brilliant Corners

Hamilton Stone Review

Iowa Review

New Letters

North American Review

Poetry

Southern Humanities Review

The Monarch Review

Verse Wisconsin

Prizes won:

2001 Writing Award from Mid-America Press for the book "The Graveyard Picnic"

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Alamein to Zem Zem by Keith Douglas, Incarnadine by Mary Szybist, The Way It Is by William Stafford, Collected English Poems by George Herbert, The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Basho

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White, Celtic American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Mt. Vernon

Raised in:

Los Angeles, CA

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Last update: Aug 11, 2014