Colin Cheney (born 1978 Boston, Massachusetts) is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

. His debut collection, ''Here Be Monsters'', was selected for the National Poetry Series in 2009. His work has appeared in many publications including ''American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, Massachusetts Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine.'' He is an editor of ''Tongue: A Journal of Writing & Art''. He graduated from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, with a BA in Environmental Studies in 2001. In 2007, he received an MFA from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. He lives in Portland, Maine USA where works as a visiting instructor at the Maine College of Art. He is the brother of film producer

Ian Cheney Ian Cheney is an American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer. Early life and education Cheney grew up in Massachusetts and Maine, attended The Mountain School, a semester school for high school juniors, and graduated from Milt ...

Awards

*2006 Ruth Lilly Fellowships *2009

National Poetry Series The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. Every year since 1979, the National Poetry Series has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and cho ...

*2010 Pushcart Prize for the poem "Lord God Bird"

Works

*"Half-Ourselves & Half-Not", ''Poetry'' (September 2009) *"Ars Poetica with Vulture", ''Kenyon Review'' *"Hanging Garden", "Guernica: A Journal of Writing & Art" (with audio) *"Observatory", "Waccamaw: A Journal of Contemporary Literature" *''Here Be Monsters'' (The University of Georgia Press, 2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheney, Colin American male poets Writers from Boston 1978 births Brown University alumni Living people 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers