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American writer
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:
Bibliography
His published poetry collections include:
See also
References
^ Young, Nancy.
"Poet Alex Grant Connects with Fuquay-Varina Friday at Lazy Lion" .
Fuquay-Varina Independent . Archived from
the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Poetry Final".
Phi Kappa Phi Forum . 84 (3).
Phi Kappa Phi : 33. Summer 2004.
^ Lodge, Oliver (April 2011).
"Pirene's Fountain Interviews Alex Grant" .
Pirene's Fountain . 4 (9).
ISSN
1942-2067 . Archived from
the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^
"Alex Grant" .
Pirene's Fountain . 3 (7). April 2010.
ISSN
1942-2067 . Archived from
the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
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a
b
"Alex Grant" .
One Pause . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ Stasio, Frank (May 16, 2008).
"Chains & Mirrors" . The State of Things . North Carolina Public Radio. Archived from
the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
^ Stasio, Frank (May 11, 2012).
"The Poems of Wing Lei" . The State of Things . North Carolina Public Radio. Archived from
the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2012 .
^
"Prague Summer Program Update" (
Microsoft Word ) .
Western Michigan University . April 2004. Retrieved November 1, 2012 . [
permanent dead link ]
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"The Nimrod /Hardman Writing Awards" .
Nimrod .
University of Tulsa . Archived from
the original on August 30, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^
"Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition" .
North Carolina Writers Network . Archived from
the original on January 11, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^
"Kakalak: An Anthology of Carolina Poets" .
Main Street Rag Press . Archived from
the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^
"Best New Poets 2007 Selections" .
Best New Poets . August 21, 2007. Archived from
the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ Cockrell, W. Edgar III, ed. (2007).
"Oscar Arnold Young Contest for Book" (PDF) . Bay Leaves (33).
Poetry Council of North Carolina . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
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