Srikanth Reddy (born 1973) is an Indian American writer, scholar, and author of three full-length volumes of poetry. His awards include a 2013 NEA fellowship, a 2013

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Award, and a 2018

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. Reddy delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry in fall 2015, and served as a judge for the 2019

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Life

He earned his BA and his PhD from

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, and his MFA from the

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. He is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at the

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. His poetry has been published in ''Jacket'', ''Poetry Northwest'', ''Harper's'', and ''The Guardian'', and his literary criticism has appeared in the ''New York Times, Lana Turner, Raritan, PEN America'', and other publications. In October 2021 Reddy was announced as the editor of Phoenix Poets, a book series published by the

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, and in December 2022 he assumed the role of poetry editor for ''

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''.

Works

* * *''Readings in World Literature'' Omnidawn Pub., 2012, * *

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Srikanth Living people Harvard University alumni University of Chicago faculty 21st-century American poets 1973 births