Matthew Olzmann is a poet, author, and essayist.

Personal life

Matthew Olzmann was born in Detroit, Michigan. He currently teaches at

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, and the MFA program at

Warren Wilson College Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campu ...

. Olzmann is married to poet

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Career

Olzmann received his BA from the

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and his MFA from

. He has had poems, stories, and essays appear in various publications, such as ''

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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. ' ...

New England Review The ''New England Review'' is an American quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. It was established in 1978 by Sydney Lea and Jay Parini. From 1982 till 1990, the magazine was named ''New England Review & Bread Loaf Quart ...

, Salt Hill, Margie,

Atlanta Review ''Atlanta Review'' is an international poetry journal based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded by Daniel Veach in 1994 and is published twice a year. Karen Head of the Georgia Institute of Technology became editor in 2016. The jou ...

, Necessary Fiction, Brevity,

Southern Review ''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes ficti ...

,'' and elsewhere. Olzmann is the author of three poetry publications. In 2012, Olzmann edited ''Another & Another: An Anthology from the Grind Daily Writing Series'' along with Ross White. His debut collection, ''Mezzanines'', was published by Alice James Books in 2013, which won the Kundiman Prize. In November 2016, Olzmann published his second collection, ''Contradictions in the Design'', also from

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. In January 2022, his third book of poems, ''Constellation Route,'' was published by Alice James Books. He has received the Kresge Arts Foundation fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

Awards and fellowships

* Kresge Arts Foundation Literary Arts Fellow (2010) * Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Robert Frost Fellow in Poetry (2016) *

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Fellowship *

Prize (2011) *

Writer's Workshop *

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Poetry Fellowship (2018) * National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship (2021)

Works

* Mezzanines (2013),

* Contradictions in the Design (2016),

*Constellation Route (2022),

References

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