Colin Cheney
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Colin Cheney is an American poet
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He graduated from Brown University
, with a BA in Environmental Studies in 2001. He is studying for an MFA at New York University
, where he teaches in the Expository Writing Program.
His work has appeared in many publications including FAmerican Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, Kenyon Review, Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine, Shenandoah, Waccamaw Journal, West Branch.
He lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
He is currently working at Shrewsbury International School, teaching The Reading The World course. This is a creative writing course for sixth form students.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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He graduated from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, with a BA in Environmental Studies in 2001. He is studying for an MFA at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, where he teaches in the Expository Writing Program.
His work has appeared in many publications including FAmerican Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, Kenyon Review, Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine, Shenandoah, Waccamaw Journal, West Branch.
He lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
He is currently working at Shrewsbury International School, teaching The Reading The World course. This is a creative writing course for sixth form students.
Awards
- 2010 Pushcart Prize for the poem "Lord God Bird"
- 2009 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
- 2006 Ruth Lilly Fellowships
Works
- "Half-Ourselves & Half-Not", Poetry (September 2009).
- "Ars Poetica with Vulture", Kenyon Review
- Here Be Monsters (The University of Georgia Press, 2010)