Benjamin J. Chase

Poet

Monroe, CT

Connecticut US

Email:

benjamin.j.chase@gmail.com

Author's Bio

Benjamin J. Chase is a Connecticut native with an MFA in Poetry from Western Connecticut State University. His poems have appeared in more than a dozen literary journals over the years, and his first book of poetry, Here to See It, was published by Kelsay Books in May of 2022. He is a member of the literary reading group Chapter & Verse in New Haven, Connecticut, and he currently chairs the English department at Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, Connecticut. Besides reading and writing poetry, his hobbies include weightlifting, woodworking, photography, and motorcycling.

Education:

Western Connecticut State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:

Here To See It (Kelsay Books, 2022)

Prizes won:

Trumbull Arts Festival Winner in Poetry, 2017

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

POETRY: Shakespeare, Donne, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson, Cummings, Frost, Merwin, Doty, Wiman, Karr, Armantrout, and many others. FICTION: Dostoevsky, Joyce, Forster, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Stegner, Carver, DeLillo, etc. NON-FICTION: C.S. Lewis, Didion, McPhee, DFW, Walls, etc.

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Jupiter, FL

Florida

Raised in:

Haddam, CT

Connecticut

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Last update: Jul 01, 2022