Simmons Buntin

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Poet

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Tucson, AZ
Arizona US
Email: 
contact@simmonsbuntin.com
Website: 
www.simmonsbuntin.com

Author's Bio

Simmons B. Buntin is the founding editor of Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, at http://www.terrain.org. He has published poetry and creative nonfiction in many North American and European journals and anthologies and has two collections of poetry: Riverfall (Salmon Poetry, 2005) and Bloom (Salmon Poetry, October 2010). He's a tall drink of water who is especially interested in community, new urbanism, urban design, sustainability, the Sonoran desert, and coyotes.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
The Chalk Circle: Award-Winning Multicultural Essays (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2012)
,
Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing (University of Utah Press, 2010)
,
Poetry: Reading It, Writing It, Publishing It (Salmon Poetry, 2009)
,
Telling It Real: The Best of Pilgrimage Magazine, 2003-2008 (Pilgrimage Press, 2009)
,
Telling it Real: The Best of Pilgrimate Magazine, 2003-2008 (Pilgrimage Press, 2009)
,
Salmon: A Journey in Poetry, 1981-2007 (Salmon Poetry, 2007)
Book:
Riverfall (Salmon Publishing, 2005)
Journals:
Copper Nickel
,
Dark Sky Magazine
,
Hawk & Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability
,
High Desert Journal
,
ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
,
Mid-American Review

Poetry

Anthologies:
Dogs Singing: A Tribute Anthology (Salmon Poetry, 2011)
,
Writing the Future: Progress and Evolution (MIT Press, 2004)
,
Mercy of Tides: Poems for a Beach House (Salt Marsh Pottery Press, 2003)
Book:
Bloom (Salmon Poetry, 2010)
Journals:
Aurorean
,
Corridors Literary Magazine
,
Freshwater
,
Hawk & Whippoorwill
,
Isotope: Journal of Nature and Science Writing
,
Kyoto Journal
,
North American Review
,
Potomac Review
,
r.kv.r.y. quarterly
,
Salamander
,
Shaking Like a Mountain
,
Snowy Egret
,
Spiral Orb
,
Sugar House Review
,
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments
,
The LJB: Avian Life, Literary Arts
,
Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature
,
Versal
,
Verse Daily
,
Whiskey Island Magazine
Prizes won: 

Academy of American Poets Prize, Colorado Artists Fellowship for Poetry, Mount St. Helens Field Residency, Various State/Local Arts Commission Travel and Development Grants

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White, Swedish American
Prefers to work with: 
Children, Naturalists/Environmentalists
Born in: 
Miami
Raised in: 
Tucson, AZ
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Last update: Mar 12, 2013