American writer
Alex Grant is a Scottish-born American poet and instructor.[ 1]
Biography
Background
He was born in Greenock , Inverclyde , Scotland ,[ 2] and grew up in Kirkcaldy , Fife , Scotland.[ 3]
Personal life
Grant resides in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , with his wife, Tristi.[ 4]
Literary career
Grant's work has appeared in Arts & Letters , Best New Poets 2007 , Connecticut Review , The Missouri Review , The Seattle Review and Verse Daily .[ 5] Grant has appeared on WUNC 's The State of Things show with Frank Stasio .[ 6] [ 7]
Awards and honors
Grant has been a six-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize , an American literary prize.[ 5]
He has also received the following honors:
Bibliography
His published poetry collections include:
See also
References
^ Young, Nancy. "Poet Alex Grant Connects with Fuquay-Varina Friday at Lazy Lion" . Fuquay-Varina Independent . Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Poetry Final". Phi Kappa Phi Forum . 84 (3). Phi Kappa Phi : 33. Summer 2004.
^ Lodge, Oliver (April 2011). "Pirene's Fountain Interviews Alex Grant" . Pirene's Fountain . 4 (9). ISSN 1942-2067 . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Alex Grant" . Pirene's Fountain . 3 (7). April 2010. ISSN 1942-2067 . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ a b "Alex Grant" . One Pause . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ Stasio, Frank (May 16, 2008). "Chains & Mirrors" . The State of Things . North Carolina Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
^ Stasio, Frank (May 11, 2012). "The Poems of Wing Lei" . The State of Things . North Carolina Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
^ "Prague Summer Program Update" (Microsoft Word ) . Western Michigan University . April 2004. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "The Nimrod /Hardman Writing Awards" . Nimrod . University of Tulsa . Archived from the original on August 30, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition" . North Carolina Writers Network . Archived from the original on January 11, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets" . Main Street Rag Press . Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Best New Poets 2007 Selections" . Best New Poets . August 21, 2007. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ Cockrell, W. Edgar III, ed. (2007). "Oscar Arnold Young Contest for Book" (PDF) . Bay Leaves (33). Poetry Council of North Carolina . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
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