William Olsen

William Olsen (born Omaha, Nebraska) is an American poet.

Life

He was raised in Park Forest, Illinois.

His poems and essays have appeared in "Chicago Review, "Crazyhorse", "Gettysburg Review", "The Kenyon Review", "The Nation", The New Republic, Paris Review, "Poetry", "Poetry Northwest", Southern Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. He teaches at Western Michigan University, and the MFA Program at Vermont College.

Awards

• 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship
• Breadloaf Fellowships
• National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
• Nation/Discovery Award
• The Texas Institute of Arts Award

Works

• "Infinity", Ploughshares, Spring 2004
• Avenue Of Vanishing. Triquarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8101-5182-6.
• Trouble Lights. TriQuarterly. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8101-5106-2.
• Vision of a Storm Cloud. TriQuarterly. 1996. ISBN 978-0-8101-5044-7.
• The Hand of God and a Few Bright Flowers. University of Illinois Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-252-06001-4.

Editor

• Planet on the table: poets on the reading life. Sarabande Books. 2003. ISBN 978-1-889330-91-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

Anthologies

• New American poets of the 90's. D.R. Godine. 1991. ISBN 978-0-87923-892-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• "Face". The New Breadloaf Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. UPNE. 1999. ISBN 978-0-87451-950-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
• Poets of the New Century. David R. Godine Publisher. 2001. ISBN 978-1-56792-178-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

External links

• William Olsen's official website
• "The Spirit Behind the Letter", Poetry Santa Cruz
• "In Praise of Darkness: An Exchange ", Blackbird, Fall 2007
• "Noah Gordon reviews", Jacket 19, October 2002