Chris Forhan is a poet, memoirist, and professor at Butler University, author most recently, of ''My Father Before Me'', published by Simon and Schuster. Each of his full-length poetry collections has won an award: ''Black Leapt In,'' ''The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars,'' and ''Forgive Us Our Happiness,'' which won the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize, the Morse Poetry Prize, and Bakeless Prize, respectively. Forhan has had poems published in The Best American Poetry 2008, ''AGNI'' online, ''

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and two

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s. He has also won the

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and the Best Book of Indiana Award. His books have been reviewed in ''

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'', and ''New York Journal of Books.'' He has been interviewed by ''Superstition Review,'' ''

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Personal life

He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He is married to the poet

Alessandra Lynch Alessandra Lynch is an American poet and professor. Career She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently ''Pretty Tripwire.'' Her third, ''Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment,'' won the Balcones Poetry Prize, and was a finalist ...

, and they live in Indianapolis with their sons.

Published works

Memoir * ''My Father Before Me: A Memoir'' (

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, 2016) Full-length Poetry Collections * ''Black Leapt In'' (Barrow Street Press, 2009) * ''The Actual Moon, the Actual Stars'' ( Northeastern University Press, 2003) * ''Forgive Us Our Happiness'' (

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, 1999) Chapbook * ''Ransack and Dance: Poems'' (Silver Birch Press, 2013) * ''X: A Poem'' (Floating Bridge Press, 2000) * ''Crumbs of Bread'' (March Street Press, 1995)Open Library , ''Crumbs of Bread'' by Chris Forhan
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References

External links

Choosing Therapy 17 Best Books About Suicide for 2021Poetry Foundation , Poets , Chris ForhanNational Endowment for the Arts , Creative Writing Fellows , 2007 Poetry , Chris ForhanChris Forhan WebsitePoets & Writers Directory , Chris Forhan''Publishers Weekly'' , Book Review , ''My Father Before Me: A Memoir by Chris Forhan'' , 07/18/2016''Slate'' Poems by Chris Forhan''Superstition Review'' , Issue 18 , ''A Flat Figure: An Interview with Chris Forhan''''Bellingham Review'' , Contributor Spotlight: Chris Forhan , May 2, 2018Midwestern Gothic , Chris Forhan Interview , by Megan Valley , April 2017
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