Richard Newman (born March 25, 1966) is an American poet and former long-time editor of River Styx. [1] He is the author of three full-length poetry collections--All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014), Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009), and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005)--and one novel, Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016). [2] [3]
Richard Newman was born in Illinois, raised in southern Indiana, a longtime resident of St. Louis, and is now living in Ifrane, Morocco. He is the author of the poetry collections All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014), [4] Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009), [5] and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005); [6] the novel Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016); and four poetry chapbooks: 24 Tall Boys: Dark Verse for Light Times (Snark Publishing/ Firecracker Press, 2007), Monster Gallery: 19 Terrifying and Amazing Monster Sonnets! (Snark Publishing, 2005), Tastes Like Chicken and Other Meditations (Snark Publishing, 2004), and Greatest Hits (Pudding House Press, 2001). He is also an acclaimed songwriter. [7] [8]
His work has appeared in Best American Poetry 2006 [9] (edited by Billy Collins), Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry, [10] Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac, [11] Boulevard, Crab Orchard Review, The Ledge (as winner of The Ledge 2010 Poetry Competition), New Letters, (where he won the 2006 Reader's Choice Award), [12] Poetry Daily, The Sun, Tar River Poetry, Verse Daily, [13] [14] [15] and many other periodicals and anthologies. He was awarded a Regional Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in 2013. [16]
Newman earned his MFA at the Brief-Residency Writing Program at Spalding University. He has taught at Washington University in St. Louis, UMSL Honors College, and College of Marshall Islands. [17] He currently teaches at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. [18]
Newman served as editor of River Styx from 1994 to 2016. [19] He is a member of The CharFlies, [20] a junk-folk band based in St. Louis, Missouri. The band is on temporary hiatus.
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Richard Newman (born March 25, 1966) is an American poet and former long-time editor of River Styx. [1] He is the author of three full-length poetry collections--All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014), Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009), and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005)--and one novel, Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016). [2] [3]
Richard Newman was born in Illinois, raised in southern Indiana, a longtime resident of St. Louis, and is now living in Ifrane, Morocco. He is the author of the poetry collections All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014), [4] Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009), [5] and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005); [6] the novel Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016); and four poetry chapbooks: 24 Tall Boys: Dark Verse for Light Times (Snark Publishing/ Firecracker Press, 2007), Monster Gallery: 19 Terrifying and Amazing Monster Sonnets! (Snark Publishing, 2005), Tastes Like Chicken and Other Meditations (Snark Publishing, 2004), and Greatest Hits (Pudding House Press, 2001). He is also an acclaimed songwriter. [7] [8]
His work has appeared in Best American Poetry 2006 [9] (edited by Billy Collins), Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry, [10] Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac, [11] Boulevard, Crab Orchard Review, The Ledge (as winner of The Ledge 2010 Poetry Competition), New Letters, (where he won the 2006 Reader's Choice Award), [12] Poetry Daily, The Sun, Tar River Poetry, Verse Daily, [13] [14] [15] and many other periodicals and anthologies. He was awarded a Regional Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in 2013. [16]
Newman earned his MFA at the Brief-Residency Writing Program at Spalding University. He has taught at Washington University in St. Louis, UMSL Honors College, and College of Marshall Islands. [17] He currently teaches at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. [18]
Newman served as editor of River Styx from 1994 to 2016. [19] He is a member of The CharFlies, [20] a junk-folk band based in St. Louis, Missouri. The band is on temporary hiatus.
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