Derek Pollard

Poet

Safety Harbor, FL
Florida US
Email: 
dpollard@mailfence.com
Website: 
poets-on-poetry.cardd.co
Twitter/X: 
@DerekPollardPhD

Author's Bio

In addition to serving as Series Editor for the Poets on Poetry Series (University of Michigan Press), Derek Pollard is a widely published poet and book critic, longtime educator and workshop leader, and founder of Constellar Creative, a creative agency specializing in content marketing and copywriting.

Education: 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas PhD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence Press, 2018)
,
Diagram III (New Michigan Press, 2008)
,
Zoland Poetry (Zoland Books, 2008)
,
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel: Second Floor (No Tell Books, 2007)
,
Shade (Four Way Books, 2006)
Books:
On the Verge of Something Bright and Good (Barrow Street Press, 2021)
,
Till One Day the Sun Shall Shine More Brightly: The Poetry and Prose of Donald Revell (The University of Michigan Press, 2020)
,
Inconsequentia (BlazeVOX books, 2010)
Journals:
580 Split
,
751 Magazine
,
88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry
,
Ambit
,
Anemone Sidecar
,
Badlands Literary Journal
,
Barrelhouse
,
Bathtub Gin
,
Birdfeast
,
Blast Furnace
,
Blood & Honey Review
,
Blue Earth Review
,
Burntdistrict
,
Caketrain
,
Chariton Review
,
Colorado Review
,
Columbia Journal
,
Connotation Press: An Online Artifact
,
Contrary
,
Court Green
,
Crash
,
Diagram
,
Diner
,
Ellipsis
,
Floodwall Magazine
,
Flyway
,
Forklift, Ohio
,
Glass: A Journal of Poetry
,
Gravel
,
Harpur Palate
,
Hawai'i Review
,
H_ngm_n
,
Identity Theory
,
Interim
,
Interrupture
,
Iota
,
Limestone
,
Lunch Ticket
,
Margie
,
Mead: The Magazine of Literature & Libations
,
Moria
,
Mud Season Review
,
Mudlark
,
Muse & Stone
,
Must Zine
,
No Tell Motel
,
Ozone Park
,
Pank
,
Ping Pong
,
Pleiades
,
Poet Lore
,
Quarterly West
,
Redactions
,
Seneca Review
,
shufPoetry
,
Sidebrow
,
SLAB
,
Small Po[r]tions
,
Stone Canoe
,
The Comstock Review
,
The New Yinzer
,
Vinyl
,
Vox
,
Weave Magazine
,
White Whale Review
,
Word For/Word
,
Zone 3
Prizes won: 

Best Poem selection, Best of the Net 2007 (2008); Featured Poem selection, The Page: Poetry, Essays, Language, Ideas (2007); full scholarship for the Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar for Emerging Writers, The Center for Book Arts (2006); Sweet Corn Prize, Flyway (2005); Poetry Prize runner-up, Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art (2004)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Sorry for Your Troubles by Pádraig Ó Tuama, Ghosts and the Overplus by Christina Pugh, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha, Living with Haints by Georgia Popoff, Cut Off the Ears of Winter by Peter Covino

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Flint, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Kalamazoo, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Apr 15, 2024