Richard Siken

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name = Richard Siken

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Richard Siken is an American poet. He is the author of a collection of poetry, "Crush", which won the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004, and is the editor of "spork" literary magazine. Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book "Crush" was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for "Gay Men's Poetry" in 2005 [citeweb|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2004_2006.html|accessdate=2008-08-06|title=Previous Lammy Award Winners|publisher=Lambda Literary Foundation] , and the Thom Gunn Award from The Publisher's Triangle. The 1991 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.citation |date=2006-04-13 |title=Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work |first=Joan |last=Schuman |periodical=Tucson Weekly |accessdate=2007-09-12]

Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.

References

External links

* [http://www.newhampshirereview.com/rooney.htm Review of "Crush" in "The New Hampshire Review"]