Dan Beachy-Quick
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Dan Beachy-Quick is an American
poet, writer, and critic. He is the author of four collections of poems, most recently, Circle's Apprentice (Tupelo Press
), and A Whaler’s Dictionary (Milkweed Editions), a collection of essays about Moby Dick. His honors include a Lannan Foundation Residency
.
His poems have appeared widely in literary journals, including The Boston Review, The New Republic
, Fence, Poetry (magazine)
, Chicago Review
, VOLT, The Colorado Review
, Paris Review
, and New American Writing
, and in anthologies including Best American Poetry 2008 and in a chaplet, Sleep/Echo/Song (Wintered Press, 2006). His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times
, The Southern Review, The Poker, Rain Taxi
, The Denver Quarterly
, Interim, and other venues. He serves as Poetry Advisor for the literary journal A Public Space
.
Beachy-Quick was born in 1973 in Chicago, and grew up in Colorado and upstate New York. His parents divorced when he was three and he was raised by his mother in Colorado, and spent summers in Ithaca, New York, with his father and grandparents.
He attended Hamilton College, the University of Denver
, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
. He has taught writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently he is an assistant professor of English at Colorado State University
. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado
with his wife and daughters.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
poet, writer, and critic. He is the author of four collections of poems, most recently, Circle's Apprentice (Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1999. It produced its first titles in 2001, publishing poetry, fiction and non-fiction...
), and A Whaler’s Dictionary (Milkweed Editions), a collection of essays about Moby Dick. His honors include a Lannan Foundation Residency
Lannan Literary Awards
The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality", according to the foundation...
.
His poems have appeared widely in literary journals, including The Boston Review, The New Republic
The New Republic
The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...
, Fence, Poetry (magazine)
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, Chicago Review
Chicago Review
The Chicago Review is a literary magazine published four times per year in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago. It was founded in 1946. Three stories published in the Chicago Review have won the O. Henry Prize...
, VOLT, The Colorado Review
Colorado Review
Colorado Review is a major American literary journal published by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.The journal presents the annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction...
, Paris Review
Paris Review
The Paris Review is a literary quarterly founded in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton. Plimpton edited the Review from its founding until his death in 2003. In its first five years, The Paris Review published works by Jack Kerouac, Philip Larkin, V. S...
, and New American Writing
New American Writing
New American Writing is a once-a-year American literary magazine emphasizing contemporary American poetry, including a range of innovative contemporary writing. The magazine is published in association with San Francisco State University. New American Writing is published by OINK! Press, a...
, and in anthologies including Best American Poetry 2008 and in a chaplet, Sleep/Echo/Song (Wintered Press, 2006). His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Southern Review, The Poker, Rain Taxi
Rain Taxi
Rain Taxi is a Minneapolis-based book review and literary organization. In addition to publishing its quarterly print edition, Rain Taxi maintains an online edition with distinct content, sponsors the Twin Cities Book Festival, hosts readings, and publishes chapbooks through its Brainstorm Series...
, The Denver Quarterly
Denver Quarterly
The Denver Quarterly is a literary journal based at the University of Denver. Founded in 1966 by novelist John Williams.-Best American Short Stories:...
, Interim, and other venues. He serves as Poetry Advisor for the literary journal A Public Space
A Public Space
A Public Space is a quarterly English-language literary magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. First published in April 2006. A Public Space publishes fiction, poetry, essays and art...
.
Beachy-Quick was born in 1973 in Chicago, and grew up in Colorado and upstate New York. His parents divorced when he was three and he was raised by his mother in Colorado, and spent summers in Ithaca, New York, with his father and grandparents.
He attended Hamilton College, the University of Denver
University of Denver
The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
. He has taught writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently he is an assistant professor of English at Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The university is the state's land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System.The enrollment is approximately 29,932 students, including resident and...
. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
with his wife and daughters.
Full-Length Poetry Collections
- Circle's Apprentice (Tupelo Press, 2011)
- This Nest, Swift Passerine (Tupelo PressTupelo PressTupelo Press is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1999. It produced its first titles in 2001, publishing poetry, fiction and non-fiction...
, 2009) - Mulberry (Tupelo Press, 2006)
- Spell (Ahsahta Press, 2004)
- North True South Bright (Alice James BooksAlice James BooksAlice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.- History and mission :...
, 2003)
Sources
External links
- The Offending Adam > Dan Beachy-Quick & Srikanth Reddy from Canto
- Beachy-Quick reading at Northwestern University's 2nd Annual Spring Writers' Festival, 2009
- Tupelo Press > Author Page > Dan Beachy-Quick
- Alice James Books > Author Page > Dan Beachy-Quick
- Ahsahta Press > Author Page: Dan Beachy-Quick
- The Boston Review > Review by Dan Beachy-Quick of The Radi Os, by Ronald Johnson
- The New York Times > Modern Love: Disassembling My Childhood > By Dan Beachy-Quick > August 3, 2008
- Christopher Nelson's Poetry Blog > Interview with Dan Beachy-Quick on Overtakelessness > November 20, 2010