Anders Carlson-Wee is an American poet. His first collection, The Low Passions, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019.[1] Norton published his second collection, Disease of Kings, in 2023.[2][3]
Anders Carlson-Wee | |
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 Carlson-Wee Reading at The Frost Place in Franconia, NH in 2015. | |
| Born | May 18, 1985 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Education | Fairhaven College Vanderbilt University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Disease of Kings The Low Passions |
| Website | |
| www.anderscarlsonwee.com | |
Personal life
editCarlson-Wee was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota[4] to Lutheran pastor parents, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota.[5][6] He is a former professional rollerblader,[7] and has written extensively about dumpster diving,[8] as well as hopping freight trains and traveling the country.[9] He has dyslexia.[10][11]
He has two brothers: poet and filmmaker Kai Carlson-Wee and entrepreneur Olaf Carlson-Wee.
Career
editCarlson-Wee studied at Fairhaven College of Western Washington University before earning his MFA at Vanderbilt University.[12][13]
His poems have been published in various journals and magazines including The Paris Review,[14] Harvard Review,[15] BuzzFeed,[16] The American Poetry Review,[17] Ploughshares,[18] and Virginia Quarterly Review.[19]
Anders is co-director of the poetry film Riding the Highline, which has won numerous prizes at film festivals.[20]
Awards and fellowships
edit- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Poetry International Prize
- McKnight Artist Fellowship
- Frost Place Chapbook Prize
Publications
edit- Disease of Kings, W. W. Norton & Company, 2023
- The Low Passions, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019
- Two Headed Boy with Kai Carlson-Wee, Organic Weapon Arts, 2016
- Mercy Songs with Kai Carlson-Wee, Diode Editions, 2016
- Dynamite, Bull City Press, 2015
References
edit- ^ "The Low Passions". wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Disease of Kings". www.wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Anders Carlson-Wee". Anders Carlson-Wee. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Anders Carlson-Wee". Poets & Writers. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Midwestern Gothic – A Literary Journal » Blog Archive » Interview: Anders and Kai Carlson-Wee". Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee". www.shoutoutla.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Anders Carlson-Wee". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "An American Disease Anders Carlson-Wee on Dumpster Diving in a Culture of Waste". www.thesunmagazine.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Slice Magazine | An Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee, by Christopher Locke". Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "The Eye for True". The Rupture. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Lay It Bare: Joy Baglio Interviews Anders Carlson-Wee". www.thecommononline.org. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Carlson-Wee, Anders (2015-06-24). "Anders Carlson-Wee". www.narrativemagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "National Endowment for the Arts awards fellowship to Vanderbilt MFA student". Vanderbilt University. December 5, 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "The Paris Review, "Hired" by Anders Carlson-Wee". www.theparisreview.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Harvard Review "The Family" by Anders Carlson-Wee". www.harvardreview.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "BuzzFeed "Trophy" by Anders Carlson-Wee". www.buzzfeednews.com. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "American Poetry Review Sep/Oct 2023 Issue". www.aprweb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Ploughshares Author Anders Carlson-Wee". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "VQR Author Anders Carlson-Wee". www.vqronline.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Carlson-Wee, Kai (2015-04-07), Riding the Highline, retrieved 2023-01-19