Davis McCombs (born 1969) is an American poet. He attended

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as an undergraduate, the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

as a Henry Hoyns Fellow, and Stanford University as a

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Fellow. He is also the recipient of fellowships from the Ruth Lilly Poetry Foundation, the

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, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the Director of the Creative Writing Program,

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. McCombs' work appeared in '' The Best American Poetry 1996'', ''

The Missouri Review ''The Missouri Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, ''The Missouri Review'' receives 12,000 manuscripts ...

'', ''Poetry'', ''

The Kenyon Review ''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, home of Kenyon College. ''The Review'' was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959. ' ...

'', ''

Virginia Quarterly Review The ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established in 1925 by James Southall Wilson, at the request of University of Virginia president E. A. Alderman. This ''"National Journal of Literature and Discussion" ...

'', ''

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'', and other magazines and journals. McCombs grew up in Munfordville,

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. From 1991 to 2001, he worked as a Park Ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. He is married to the poet and photographer Carolyn Guinzio.

Awards

* 2005 Larry Levis Editor's Prize by ''The Missouri Review'' for a sixteen-part sequence of poems called "Tobacco Mosaic" * 2005 Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award from ''Willow Springs'' for his poem "Rossetti in 1869" * 2005 Joy Bale Boone award from ''Wind'' magazine's for a poem called "Noodling." * 2005 Dorset Prize, chosen by Linda Gregerson * 2015

Porter Prize The Porter Prize, established in 1984 by the non-profit organization known as the Porter Fund Literary Prize, is awarded annually to a writer who has created a substantial body of work and has a significant connection with Arkansas. The $5000 prize ...

Bibliography

Poetry collections

*Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award *

List of poems

References

External links

''Interview Project #3: Davis McCombs '', dislocate blog, November 22, 2006''Davis McCombs'', Mixed Media, KET
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