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Dustin Pearson [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
US
Bio: 

Dustin Pearson is the author of MILLENNIAL ROOST (C&R Press, 2018) and A FAMILY IS A HOUSE (C&R Press, 2019). He is a McKnight Doctoral Fellow in Creative Writing at Florida State University. The recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Pearson has served as the editor of Hayden’s Ferry Review and a Director of the Clemson Literary Festival. He won the Academy of American Poets Katharine C. Turner Prize and John Mackay Graduate Award and holds an MFA from Arizona State University. His work appears in Blackbird, Vinyl Poetry, Bennington Review, TriQuarterly, [PANK], Fjords Review, and elsewhere.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Charleston, SC
South Carolina
Raised in: 
Summerville, SC
South Carolina
Website: 
https://dustinkpearson.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2015 Katherine C. Turner Prize  2019 John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Graduate Award

Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
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