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Han VanderHart [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Durham, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
hanvhart@gmail.com
Bio: 

Han VanderHart is a queer Southern writer living in Durham, North Carolina. They have poetry and essays published in The Boston Globe, Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, AGNI and elsewhere. Han hosts Of Poetry Podcast, edits Moist Poetry Journal, and is the author of the poetry collections Larks (Ohio University Press, 2025) and What Pecan Light (Bull City Press, 2021). Han founded the micro poetry press River River Books with Amorak Huey.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Start with C.D. Wright and go out from there.
Twitter/X: 
hmvanderhart
Born in: 
Opal, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
VA
Virginia
Website: 
https://hanvanderhart.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Second Place: “Penelope Weaves a Shroud for a Dying Man,” Flyleaf Books Second Thursday Poetry Contest, judged by Ann Garbett, 2017 / Finalist: “A Flower for Niedecker,” NC Humanities Council’s Linda Flowers Literary Award, 2017 / First Place: “Owls,” Ruminate Magazine, Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, Judged by Vito Aiuto, 2010

Education: 
George Mason University
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
The Frost Place
Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Southern
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Disability
Illness/Wellness
LGBTQ
Parents
Schools
Teachers
Women

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