Aaron McCollough

Aaron McCollough

Aaron McCollough is an American poet.

Life and career

Aaron McCollough was born in 1971 in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Tennessee. He has a BA from the University of the South (1994), an MA in English Literature from North Carolina State University (1998), an MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (2001), as well as an MA and PhD in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan (2002 & 2007 respectively). He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and teaches at the University of Michigan.

In 2001, McCollough started the online poetry magazine GutGult. The magazine has published eight issues to date. McCollough still serves as its editor.

Book Publications

*"Little Ease" was published by Ahsahta Press in 2006.
*"Double Venus" was published by Salt Publishing in 2003.
*"Welkin", published by Ahsahta Press in 2002.

Publication in Anthologies

*"Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets"
*"Joyful Noise: An Anthology of American Spiritual Poetry"
*"Gamers: Writers, Artists, and Programmers on the Pleasure of Pixels"

Publications in Periodicals

McCollough has published poems in Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Fence, Quarterly West, The Canary, VOLT, American Letters & Commentary, Conduit, LIT, Slope, Carolina Quarterly, Jacket, Court Green, and numerous other journals.

Reviews

McCollough's books have been reviewed in print journals including Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, and Publisher's Weekly as well as in online journals such as Free Verse, Coldfront, and Eclectica.

Awards

*Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Poetry, 2005.
*Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Ahsahta Press, for "Welkin", 2001.
*Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize, 1993.

Teaching

McCollough has taught at North Carolina State University, The University of Iowa, and The University of Michigan. He was a visiting poet at Hendrix College.

External links

* [http://aaronmccollough.com/ Aaron McCollough's official website]
* [http://herecomeseverybody.blogspot.com/2004/07/aaron-mccolloughs-third-book-of-poems.html/ "Here Comes Everybody" Interview]
* [http://gutcult.com/ GutCult, a poetry magazine edited by Aaron McCollough]


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