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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

AL

Alabama US

Email:

jsnwlkr2666@gmail.com

Bio:

Jason Gordy Walker is a poet, translator, prose writer, and interviewer who lives in Alabama. He has taught at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and the University of Florida, worked with literary journals such as Birmingham Poetry Review, poemmemoirstory (now Nelle), and Subtropics, and placed poems, book reviews, fiction, and interviews in a variety of venues both online and in print.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Too many to name, but here's some: Anna Akhmatova, Inger Christensen, Claudia Emerson, Jon Fosse, Olav H. Hauge, Donald Justice, Franz Kafka, Han Kang, Halldór Laxness, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Peter Stamm, Edith Södergran, Tomas Tranströmer.

Prizes won:

Scholarships from The New York State Summer Writers Institute, Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, The West Chester University Poetry Conference (twice awarded), Auburn Writers Conference, National Graduate Creative Writing Conference at The University of West Georgia. Won the Barksdale-Maynard Prize for Poetry at The University of Alabama-Birmingham. 2025 February Artist-in-Residence at Newnan ArtRez.

Education:

University of Florida

Writers Retreats:

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

New York State Summer Writers Institute

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any