Aaron McCollough is an American

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Life and career

Aaron McCollough was born in 1971 in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Tennessee. He has a BA from the

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(1994), an MA in English Literature from

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(1998), an MFA in creative writing from the

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(2001), as well as an MA and PhD in English Language and Literature from the

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(2002 & 2007 respectively). Having worked at the

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and

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for a number of years, he began as Scholarly Communications & Publishing Librarian at the University of Illinois in August 2015. In 2001, McCollough started the online poetry magazine GutGult. The magazine published eight issues between 2001 and 2010. Along with Karla Kelsey, he now edits a small press called SplitLevel Texts.

Book Publications

*''Rank'' University of Iowa Press, 2015. , *''Underlight'' Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012. , *''No Grave Can Hold My Body Down'' Ahsahta Press, 2011. , *''Little Ease'' Ahsahta Press, 2006. , *''Double Venus''

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, 2003. , *''Welkin'', published by Ahsahta Press in 2002. ,

Publication in Anthologies

*''Hick Poetics: Anthology of Contemporary Rural American Poetry'' *''The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral'' *''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 1913, 6 x 6, Boston Review, jubilat, A Public Space, 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 Publishers Weekly as well as in online journals such as Free Verse, Coldfront, NewPages 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

The University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 colleges offer ...

, and

The University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Michigan is one of th ...

. He was a visiting poet at

Hendrix College Hendrix College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled, mostly undergraduates. While affiliated with the United Methodist Chu ...

References

External links

Aaron McCollough's official website

GutCult, a poetry magazine edited by Aaron McCollough
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