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Gary Young (poet)

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Gary Young
Gary at Washington Square in 2009
Gary at Washington Square in 2009
Born1951 (age 72–73)
OccupationPoet, printer, book artist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California Santa Cruz
University of California, Irvine
GenrePoetry
Children2

Gary Eugene Young (born 1951) is an American poet, printer and book artist. In 2010, he was named the first ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.[1]

Life

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He graduated from University of California Santa Cruz and University of California, Irvine, with an M.F.A.[2]

His work has appeared in Poetry, Antaeus, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Montserrat Review,[3] ZYZZYVA.[4].

In 1975, he founded Greenhouse Review Press. His print work is represented in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and The Getty Center for the Arts.

His archive is held at Brown University.[5]

He teaches at the University of California Santa Cruz,[6] and has lived near Santa Cruz for thirty years,[7] with his wife and two sons.

In 2012, Young and fellow poet Christopher Buckley published One for the Money: The Sentence as a Poetic Form, A Poetry Workshop Handbook and Anthology through Lynx House Press.

Awards

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Works

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Poetry

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  • Hands: Poems. Illuminati. 1979. ISBN 978-0-89807-005-7.
  • The Dream of a Moral Life. Copper Beech Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-914278-56-6.
  • Days: Poems. Silverfish Review Press. 1997. ISBN 978-1-878851-08-6.
  • Braver Deeds: Poems. Gibbs Smith. 1999. ISBN 978-0-87905-866-1.
  • No Harm Done: Poems and Woodcuts. Sutton Hoo Press. 2004.
  • No Other Life. Heyday Books. 2005. ISBN 978-1-59714-004-1.
  • Pleasure. Heyday Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-59714-023-2.
  • New and Selected Poems, White Pine Press.
  • Adversary. Miramar Editions. 2017.
  • That's What I Thought: Poems. Persea Books. 2018. ISBN 978-0-89255-494-2.

Editor

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References

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  1. ^ "Gary Young named county's first ever poet laureate - Santa Cruz Sentinel". www.santacruzsentinel.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010.
  2. ^ "Faculty Biographies". Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  3. ^ Contributors Montserrat Review
  4. ^ "Poetry from Zyzzyva". Archived from the original on October 14, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "Brown University Library / Hay".
  6. ^ "UC Santa Cruz - Literature - Directory - Gary Young". Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "Gary Young". May 28, 1981.
  8. ^ Alison Flood (March 12, 2009). "'Genius and need' wins prose poet Gary Young Shelley Memorial award". Guardian.
  9. ^ "UC Santa Cruz lecturer receives prestigious national poetry award". Archived from the original on April 2, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  10. ^ "2003 GRANT AWARDS - Literature Fellowships (Poetry)". Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
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