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,[1] and the MFA Program at Vermont College.[2]

Awards

Works

  • TechnoRage. TriQuarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2017. ISBN 978-0-8101-3512-3.
  • Sand Theory. TriQuarterly: Northwestern University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-8101-5217-5.
  • "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

Anthologies

References

  1. โ†‘ "Western Michigan University Creative Writing Faculty". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  2. โ†‘ "William Olsen | Vermont College of Fine Arts". Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  3. โ†‘ "William Olsen - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
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