Printable view of Derek Pollard

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Safety Harbor, FL

Florida US

Email:

dpollard@mailfence.com

Bio:

In addition to serving as Series Editor for the Poets on Poetry Series (University of Michigan Press), Derek Pollard is a widely published poet and book critic, longtime educator and workshop leader, and founder of Constellar Creative, a creative agency specializing in content marketing and copywriting.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Twitter/X:

@DerekPollardPhD

Born in:

Flint, MI

Michigan

Raised in:

Kalamazoo, MI

Michigan

Website:

https://poets-on-poetry.cardd.co [2]

Prizes won:

Best Poem selection, Best of the Net 2007 (2008); Featured Poem selection, The Page: Poetry, Essays, Language, Ideas (2007); full scholarship for the Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers, The Center for Book Arts (2006); Sweet Corn Prize, Flyway (2005); Poetry Prize runner-up, Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art (2004)

Education:

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

What I'm reading now:

Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Ghosts and the Overplus by Christina Pugh

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha

Living with Haints by Georgia Popoff

Cut Off the Ears of Winter by Peter Covino

Prefers to work with:

Any