Richard McCann

Poet, Fiction Writer

Washington, DC
District Of Columbia US

Author's Bio

Professor, MFA Program in Creative Writing, American University, Washington, D.C. Guest Faculty, MFA in Writing, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT. Vice-President, PEN/Faulkner Foundation Member, Corporation of Yaddo

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Book:
Mother of Sorrows (Pantheon, 2005)
Journals:
Atlantic Monthly
,
Ms.
, ,
The Nation
,
Tin House

Poetry

Anthologies:
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 (Random House, 2007)
,
Best American Essays 2000 (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
Books:
Things Shaped in Passing (Persea, 1997)
,
Ghost Letters (Alice James Books, 1994)
Journal:
Esquire

More Information

Identifies as: 
Irish American, LGBTQ
Born in: 
Cleveland, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Silver Spring, MD
Maryland
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Last update: Apr 15, 2021