Han VanderHart

Poet

Durham, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
hanvhart@gmail.com
Website: 
hanvanderhart.com
Twitter/X: 
@hmvanderhart

Author's Bio

Han VanderHart is a queer Southern writer living in Durham, North Carolina. They have poetry and essays published in The Boston Globe, Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, AGNI and elsewhere. Han hosts Of Poetry Podcast, edits Moist Poetry Journal, and is the author of the poetry collections Larks (Ohio University Press, 2025) and What Pecan Light (Bull City Press, 2021). Han founded the micro poetry press River River Books with Amorak Huey.

Education: 
George Mason University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Frost Place
Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Larks (Ohio University Press / Swallow Press, 2025)
,
What Pecan Light (Bull City Press, 2021)
Prizes won: 

Second Place: “Penelope Weaves a Shroud for a Dying Man,” Flyleaf Books Second Thursday Poetry Contest, judged by Ann Garbett, 2017 / Finalist: “A Flower for Niedecker,” NC Humanities Council’s Linda Flowers Literary Award, 2017 / First Place: “Owls,” Ruminate Magazine, Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, Judged by Vito Aiuto, 2010

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Start with C.D. Wright and go out from there.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ, Southern, White
Prefers to work with: 
Any, Disability, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Parents, Schools, Teachers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Opal, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
VA
Virginia
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Last update: Feb 08, 2025