Geffrey Davis
| Geffrey Davis | |
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Davis in 2013
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| Born | 1983 Seattle, Washington |
| Occupation | Poet, Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Oregon State University; Penn State University |
Geffrey Davis (born 1983) is an American poet and professor. He is the author of Revising the Storm (BOA Editions, 2014).
Work
Revising the Storm won the 2013 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, selected by Dorianne Laux,[1] and was named a finalist for the 2015 Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.[2] Davis has received the Anne Halley Poetry Prize,[3] the Dogwood Prize in Poetry,[4] the Leonard Steinberg Memorial/Academy of American Poets Prize,[5] the Wabash Prize for Poetry,[6] and fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation.[7] His poems have been published in numerous literary journals and magazines, including Crazyhorse, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Massachusetts Review, Mid-American Review, Mississippi Review, The New York Times Magazine, Nimrod International Journal, and Sycamore Review.[8] In 2011, Davis co-founded the journal Toe Good Poetry with Jerry Brunoe and Kevin Hockett.[9]
Life
Davis was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Tacoma, Washington. He earned his B.A. from Oregon State University in 2006 and received three graduate degrees—an M.A. in English (2009), an M.F.A. in Poetry (2012), and a Ph.D. in English (2014)—from The Pennsylvania State University. He teaches in The Arkansas Programs in Creative Writing & Translation at the University of Arkansas and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[10]
Bibliography
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External links
- Poet Profile: Academy of American Poets > Poets > Geffrey Davis
- Poet Profile: Poets & Writers > Directory of Writers > Geffrey Davis
- Poet Profile: Furious Flower > Poetry Database > Geffrey Davis
- Geffrey Davis's Faculty Page at The University of Arkansas
- NPM Daily > Micro-Essay Project > ″What I Might-Could-Maybe-Mean When I Use the Lyrical I″ > Curated by Sarah Blake
- Audio: NPR > KUAF's Ozarks at Large > ″Revising the Storm...and the Poems Inside″ > by Kyle Kellam
- Interview: Connotation Press > Geffrey Davis Interview, with John Hoppenthaler
- Interview: Poem of the Week > An Interview with Geffrey Davis > by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum
- Interview: Amtrak > My Black Journey > ″The Writer's Block″ > Interview with Geffrey Davis
- Interview: Radar > ″An Interview with Geffrey Davis″
- Review: Zone 3 > Review by Robert Campbell of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
- Review: The Los Angeles Review > Review by Michael Luke Benedetto of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
- Review: Muzzle > Review by Jacob Victorine of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
- Review: Booklist > Review by Mark Eleveld of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
- Review: Publishers Weekly > Review of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
- Review: The Rumpus > Review by Jess Smith of Revising the Storm by Geffrey Davis
References
- ↑ BOA Editions > Book Listing > Revising the Storm
- ↑ "Hurston-Wright Foundation" > 2015 Legacy Awards
- ↑ The Massachusetts Review > ″Geffrey Davis Named the 10th Annual Anne Halley Prize Winner″
- ↑ Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose > ″Dogwood 2013 Contest Winners″
- ↑ Academy of American Poets > Poets > Geffrey Davis
- ↑ Sycamore Review > ″2012 Wabash Poetry Prize Results!″
- ↑ Cave Canem Foundation > Fellows
- ↑ Poets & Writers > Directory of Writers
- ↑ Toe Good Poetry > Mission and History
- ↑ The Arkansas Programs in Creative Writing & Translation > Faculty
