Benjamin Aleshire [1]
Listed as:
Poet

Public address:
Brooklyn,
NY
New York US
Email:
benaleshire@gmail.com
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
Spanish
Twitter/X:
@droletariat
Born in:
Rutland,
VT
Vermont
Raised in:
Burlington,
VT
Vermont
Website:
Prizes won:
James Merrill Fellowship from Vermont Studio Center (2020), Goldwater Fellowship from New York University's Creative Writing Program ('20-'22), Emerging Artist Residency from A Studio In The Woods (2020, Tulane University), full scholarship to The Frost Place (2020), Words & Music Festival Prize, selected by Nathaniel Rich (2019), Waiter-Scholarship to Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (2016), Chighizola Poetry Award from the University of New Orleans (2015), Young Artist Series at St. Lawrence University (2013), Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant (2011), Winner, Nor'Easter Playwright Competition (2009).
Identifies as:
White
Prefers to work with:
Adults