Roger Fanning

Roger Fanning (born 1962 Millington, Tennessee) is an American poet and academic.

Life
Fanning was born in Millington, Tennessee.

He teaches in the low-residency Warren Wilson MFA program out of Goddard College. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son.

His work is noted for its ironic sincerity and exaltation of the mundane.

Recognition

 * 1992 Whiting Writers' Award
 * National Poetry Series for The Island Itself

Poetry

 * (1st edition 1991)

Anthologized

 * "The Space Needle"" in The New American Poets (edited by Michael Collier). Hanover, NH: [[University Press of New England], 2000. ISBN 978-0-87451-964-8