Eric Pankey

Eric Pankey (born 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American poet.

Life
Pankey Pankey was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and educated in the public school system, completing his undergraduate work in 1981 at University of Missouri-Columbia and his Master of Fine Arts in 1983 at the University of Iowa.

He directed the Creative Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis, then taught at George Mason University.

His work has appeared in Antioch Review, Antaeus, Denver Quarterly, Seneca Review, Quarry West, AGNI,

He lives with his wife and daughter, in Fairfax, Virginia.

His papers are held at the University of Washington library.

Awards

 * 1984 Walt Whitman Award selected by Mark Strand
 * Ingram Merrill Foundation
 * 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship
 * National Endowment for the Arts

Poetry

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