Richard Newman. Courtesy How a Poem Happens.
Richard Newman (born March 25, 1966) is an American poet and academic.
Life[]
Newman was born in Illinois and grew up in southern Indiana. He earned an M.F.A. at the Brief-Residency Writing Program at Spalding University.
Newman lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where he teaches at Washington University and UMSL Honors College, reviews books for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and has served as editor for River Styx magazine since 1994.
His work has appeared in The Best American Poetry 2006 [1] (edited by Billy Collins), Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry [2], Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac[3], Boulevard, Crab Orchard Review, The Ledge, New Letters,[4] Poetry Daily [5], The Sun, Tar River Poetry, Verse Daily[6] [7], and many other periodicals and anthologies.
Recognition[]
Newman won the New Letters 2006 Reader's Choice Award,[4] and The Ledge 2010 Poetry Competition.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Greatest Hits, 1990-2000. Johnstown, OH: Pudding House, 2001.
- Tastes Like Chicken, and other meditations (chapbook). O'Fallon, IL: Snark, 2004.
- Monster Gallery: 19 terrifying and amazing monster sonnets! (chapbook). O'Fallon, IL: Snark, 2005.
- Borrowed Towns. Cincinnati, OH: Word Press, 2005.'
- 24 Tall Boys: Dark verse for light times (chapbook). St. Louis, MO: Firecracker Press, [2006?]
- Domestic Fugues. Bowling Green, KY: Steel Toe Books, 2009.
- All the Wasted Beauty of the World: Poems. San Jose, CA: Able Muse Press, 2014.
"Coins" by Richard Newman (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
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References[]
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External links[]
- Poems
- "Final Beginning" at Poet-a-Day
- "Ash" at How A Poem Happens,
- Richard Newman at the Poetry Foundation
- Audio / video
- Books
- Richard Newman at Amazon.com
- About
- Newman Named Best Local Poet in St. Louis by the Riverfront Times
- Richard Newman Official website.
- Interview on Newman's Work At River Styx
- Etc.
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