Gary Joseph Whitehead (born March 23, 1965 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is an American poet. He is the author of four books of poetry:
Strange What Rises
' (Terrapin Books, 2019)

' (Princeton University Press, 2013) ''Measuring Cubits while the Thunder Claps'' (David Robert Books, 2008) and ''The Velocity of Dust'' (Salmon Poetry, 2004). His work has appeared in journals, magazines and newspapers and most notably in '' The New Yorker'' and '' Poetry.'' His awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship in Poetry, a Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship at Iowa State University, th
Anne Halley Prize
from ''The Massachusetts Review'', and a Princeton University Distinguished Secondary School Teaching Award in 2003.Princeton honors secondary school teachers
Princeton University press release dated May 29, 2003. He has held artist residencies at Blue Mountain Center, Mesa Refuge
Marble House Project
and the Heinrich Böll cottage in Ireland. In 2004, he was the recipient of the PEN Northwest Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency Award, and spent April though October, 2005 in a secluded cabin in the wilderness of southwestern Oregon. Well known for his poetry, Whitehead is also a crossword constructor whose puzzles have appeared in '' The New York Sun'', '' USA Today'', the '' Los Angeles Times'', and '' The New York Times''. He teaches English and creative writing at the National Blue Ribbon School of Tenafly High School in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections * The Velocity of Dust (Salmon Poetry, 2004) * Measuring Cubits while the Thunder Claps (David Robert Books, 2008) * A Glossary of Chickens (Princeton University Press, 2013) * Strange What Rises (Terrapin Books, 2019) ;List of poems

References

External links

Official website
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