Chris Forhan
American poet and professor
Chris Forhan is a poet, memoirist, and professor at Butler University,[1] author most recently, of My Father Before Me, published by Simon and Schuster.[2] Each of his full-length poetry collections has won an award: Black Leapt In, The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars, and Forgive Us Our Happiness, which won the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize, the Morse Poetry Prize, and Bakeless Prize, respectively.[3]
Forhan has had poems published in The Best American Poetry 2008, AGNI online, Poetry,[4] Slate,[5] and The Paris Review. He has received a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts[6] and two Pushcart Prizes.[7] He has also won the Washington State Book Award and the Best Book of Indiana Award. His books have been reviewed in Publishers Weekly,[8] Kirkus Reviews,[9] Library Journal,[10] and New York Journal of Books.[11] He has been interviewed by Superstition Review,[12] Bellingham Review,[13] and Midwestern Gothic.[14]
Personal life
He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He is married to the poet Alessandra Lynch, and they live in Indianapolis with their sons.[15]
Published works
Memoir
- My Father Before Me: A Memoir (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2016)
Full-length Poetry Collections
- Black Leapt In (Barrow Street Press, 2009)[16]
- The Actual Moon, the Actual Stars (Northeastern University Press, 2003)
- Forgive Us Our Happiness (University Press of New England, 1999)[17]
Chapbook
- Ransack and Dance: Poems (Silver Birch Press, 2013)[18]
- X: A Poem (Floating Bridge Press, 2000)[19]
- Crumbs of Bread (March Street Press, 1995)[20]
References
- ^ Butler University | MFA Faculty | Chris Forhan
- ^ Simon & Schuster | Books | My Father Before Me/Chris Forhan
- ^ Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Forhan
- ^ Poetry Foundation | Poets | Chris Forhan
- ^ Slate Poems by Chris Forhan
- ^ National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Fellows | 2007 Poetry | Chris Forhan
- ^ Poetry Foundation | Poets | Chris Forhan
- ^ Publishers Weekly | Book Review | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | 07/18/2016
- ^ Kirkus | Book Reviews | Forgive Us Our Happiness by Chris Forhan | November 1, 1999
- ^ Library Journal | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | Reviewed by Derek Sanderson July 21, 2016
- ^ New York Journal of Books | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | Reviewed by Beth Kephart
- ^ Superstition Review | Issue 18 | A Flat Figure: An Interview with Chris Forhan
- ^ Bellingham Review | Contributor Spotlight: Chris Forhan | May 2, 2018
- ^ Midwestern Gothic | Chris Forhan Interview | by Megan Valley | April 2017
- ^ Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Forhan
- ^ Barrow Street Press | Black Leapt In, Chris Forhan
- ^ Penn State University Libraries Catalog | Forgive Us Our Happiness, Chris Forhan
- ^ Silver Birch Press | Ransack and Dance, Chris Forhan
- ^ Floating Bridge Press | X: A Poem, Chris Forhan
- ^ Open Library | Crumbs of Bread by Chris Forhan
External links
- Choosing Therapy 17 Best Books About Suicide for 2021
- Poetry Foundation | Poets | Chris Forhan
- National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Fellows | 2007 Poetry | Chris Forhan
- Chris Forhan Website
- Poets & Writers Directory | Chris Forhan
- Publishers Weekly | Book Review | My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan | 07/18/2016
- Slate Poems by Chris Forhan
- Superstition Review | Issue 18 | A Flat Figure: An Interview with Chris Forhan
- Bellingham Review | Contributor Spotlight: Chris Forhan | May 2, 2018
- Midwestern Gothic | Chris Forhan Interview | by Megan Valley | April 2017
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