James Arthur

Poet

Princeton, NJ
New Jersey US
Email: 
jamesarthurpoetry@gmail.com
Website: 
www.jamesarthurpoetry.com/

Author's Bio

<p>James Arthur's poetry has appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>The New Republic</i>, <i>Poetry</i>, <i>Ploughshares</i>, <i>The Southern Review</i>, and <i>Narrative</i>. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, and a Discovery/<i>The Nation</i> Prize, as well as residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Anderson Center. His first book, <i>Charms Against Lightning</i>, will be published next year by Copper Canyon Press. </p><p>James is currently in residence at the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox, MA. During the 2012-2013 academic year, he will be a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.</p>

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best New Poets 2010 (University of Virginia Press, 2010)
,
The Helen Burns Poetry Anthology, Vol. 9 (Academy of American Poets, 2010)
,
Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes (C&R Press, 2008)
,
The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008 (Tightrope Books, 2008)
Book:
Charms Against Lightning (Copper Canyon Press, 2012)
Journals:
32 Poems
,
AGNI
,
Antigonish Review
,
Antioch Review
,
Brick
,
Fiddlehead
,
Iowa Review
,
Laurel Review
,
Many Mountains Moving
,
Narrative Magazine
,
New England Review
,
Ploughshares
,
Poetry Magazine
,
Rattle
,
Shenandoah
,
Southern Review
,
The Nation
,
The New Republic
,
The New Yorker
,
Third Coast

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
New Haven
Raised in: 
Toronto, ON
Canada
Ontario
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Last update: Nov 19, 2012