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Jeffrey Harrison

Jeffrey W. Harrison (born Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American poet. Born in Cincinnati, he was educated at Columbia University, where he studied with Kenneth Koch and David Shapiro.[1][2] His most recent poetry collection is Into Daylight (Tupelo Press 2014), which follows The Names of Things: New & Selected Poems (The Waywiser Press, 2006).[3] His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Yale Review, Poets of the New Century. His honors include Pushcart Prizes, Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts, and Amy Lowell Traveling fellowships. He has taught at George Washington University, Phillips Academy, and College of the Holy Cross. He is currently on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine.[4] He lives in Dover, Massachusetts.[5]

Jeffrey Harrison
BornJeffrey W. Harrison
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materColumbia University

Published works

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Full-Length Poetry Collections

  • Into Daylight. Tupelo Press. April 2014. ISBN 978-1-936797-43-1.
  • The Names of Things: New and Selected Poems. Dufour Eds. June 2006. ISBN 978-1-904130-20-8.
  • Incomplete Knowledge. Four Way Books. October 2006. ISBN 978-1-884800-73-3.
  • An Undertaking. Haven Street Press. January 2005. ISBN 978-0-9767012-1-7.
  • Feeding the Fire. Sarabande Books. November 2001. ISBN 978-1-889330-64-8. Jeffrey Harrison.
  • Signs of Arrival. Copper Beech Press. October 1996. ISBN 978-0-914278-71-9.
  • The Singing Underneath. E.P. Dutton. May 1988. ISBN 978-0-525-24640-4.

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Jeffrey Harrison". Poetry Foundation. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. ^ "The Waywiser Press > Jeffrey Harrison". Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  4. ^ "Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  5. ^ "Jeffrey Harrison". 26 September 1984.
  6. ^ "Jeffrey W. Harrison - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
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