Alex Grant (poet)

Alex Grant
Born	20th century Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
Occupation	Poet, teacher
Language	English
Spouse	Tristi

Alex Grant is a Scottish-born American poet and instructor.^[1]

Biography

Background

He was born in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland,^[2] and grew up in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.^[3]

Personal life

Grant resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, Tristi.^[4]

Literary career

Grant's work has appeared in Arts & Letters, Best New Poets 2007, Connecticut Review, The Missouri Review, The Seattle Review and Verse Daily.^[5] Grant has appeared on WUNC's The State of Things show with Frank Stasio.^[6][7]

Awards and honors

Grant has been a six-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, an American literary prize.^[5]

He has also received the following honors:

• Pavel Srut Poetry Fellowship, 2004^[8] (a program of Western Michigan University; named in honor of Czech poet Pavel Srut)
• The Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry – Honorable Mention, 2005^[9] (named in honor of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda)
• The Randall Jarrell Prize, 2006^[10] (named in honor of American poet Randall Jarrell)
• Kakalak Poetry Prize, 2006^[11]
• Best New Poets 2007^[12]
• Oscar Arnold Young Award, 2007^[13]

Bibliography

His published poetry collections include:

• Chains & Mirrors. Carrboro, North Carolina: North Carolina Writers Network. 2006. ISBN 978-1-883-31419-4.
• The White Book. Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag Publishing Co. 2008. ISBN 978-1-599-48126-5.
• Fear of Moving Water. Nicholasville, Kentucky: Wind Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-1-936-13802-9.
• The Circus Poems. Davidson, North Carolina: Lorimer Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-982-61713-7.
• The Poems of Wing Lei. Nicholasville, Kentucky: Wind Publications. 2012. ISBN 978-1-936-13845-6.

See also

• List of Scottish writers
• List of people from North Carolina
• List of poets from the United States

References

1. Young, Nancy. "Poet Alex Grant Connects with Fuquay-Varina Friday at Lazy Lion". Fuquay-Varina Independent. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
2. "Poetry Final". Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Phi Kappa Phi. 84 (3): 33. Summer 2004.
3. Lodge, Oliver (April 2011). "Pirene's Fountain Interviews Alex Grant". Pirene's Fountain. 4 (9). ISSN 1942-2067. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
4. "Alex Grant". Pirene's Fountain. 3 (7). April 2010. ISSN 1942-2067. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
5. "Alex Grant". One Pause. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
6. Stasio, Frank (May 16, 2008). "Chains & Mirrors". The State of Things. North Carolina Public Radio. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
7. Stasio, Frank (May 11, 2012). "The Poems of Wing Lei". The State of Things. North Carolina Public Radio. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
8. "Prague Summer Program Update" (Microsoft Word). Western Michigan University. April 2004. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
9. "The Nimrod/Hardman Writing Awards". Nimrod. University of Tulsa. Archived from the original on August 30, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
10. "Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition". North Carolina Writers Network. Archived from the original on January 11, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
11. "Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets". Main Street Rag Press. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
12. "Best New Poets 2007 Selections". Best New Poets. August 21, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
13. Cockrell, W. Edgar, III, ed. (2007). "Oscar Arnold Young Contest for Book" (PDF). Bay Leaves. Poetry Council of North Carolina (33). Retrieved November 1, 2012.

External links

• redroom.com/member/alex-grant
• Works by or about Alex Grant in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Alex Grant profile Directory of Writers, Poets & Writers website