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C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...
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of Asian and Latino descent.


Life

Young writes and publishes poetry and short stories, practices medicine full-time, and teaches in the
Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student m ...
. For 19 years, he edited poetry for ''
New England Review The ''New England Review'' is an American quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. It was established in 1978 by Sydney Lea Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor ...
'', stepping down from the post of poetry editor there in August 2014. His poems have appeared in many magazines and journals, including ''
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'', ''
The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...
'', ''
The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published works by Jack Kerouac, Phi ...
'', ''POETRY'', ''
Yale Review ''The Yale Review'' is the oldest literary journal in the United States. It is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. It was founded in 1819 as ''The Christian Spectator'' to support Evangelicalism. Over time it began to publish more on ...
'', and elsewhere. His work has also been included in anthologies, including ''The
Best American Poetry ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the genera ...
''. Young grew up in south Florida, and his early work is inspired by the tropical landscape of his home state. He holds degrees from
Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifi ...
(BS 1991) and the
University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
(MFA 1993 and MD 1997). He completed his medical internship at the Riverside Regional Medical Center and his residency in
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at the
University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It co ...
. He lives in
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.


Poetry


Collections

*''Prometeo'', poems (
Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
, 2021) *''The Halo'', poems (
Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
, 2016) *''Torn'', poems (
Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
, 2011) *''The Second Person'', poems (
Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
, 2007) *''The Day Underneath the Day'', poems (Northwestern University Press, 2001)


Limited Edition

*''Torn'', letter-press broadside (Mad River Press, 2004)


Fiction


Collections

*''The Affliction'', novel-in-stories (
Four Way Books Four Way Books is an American nonprofit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well ...
, 2018)


Short Stories

* "The New

(''The Normal School'', March 31, 2016) * "Inside the Great Hous

(''The Hopkins Review'', Fall 2014) * "Jewel

(''Waxwing'', Summer 2014) * "The Fortunat

(''Blackbird'', May 5, 2014) * "Desaparecid

(''Waxwing'', Spring 2014) * "Between Me

(''Four Way Review'', Sep 30, 2012) * "The Afflictio

(''Guernica'', Feb 15, 2010)


Essays

* "The Veil of Accessibility: Examining Poems by Frank O’Hara and Kenneth Koch in Light of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

(''American Poetry Review'', March/April, 2013)


Awards

*2022: UNT Rilke Prize, Finalist *2019: John Gardner Fiction Book Award, Finalist *2019: Boston College Arts Council Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement *2017: The 2016
Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted ...
in Poetry, Finalist *2017: Hanes Award in Poetry, given by the
Fellowship of Southern Writers The Fellowship of Southern Writers is an American literary organization that celebrates the creative vitality of Southern writing as the mirror of a distinctive and cherished regional culture. Its fellowships and awards draw attention to outstandi ...
*2015: UCSF 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award *2014: Stanley W. Lindberg Award for Literary Editing *2012: Fellowship from the
Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Ca ...
for residency at the Bellagio Study Center in 2013 *2012: The
MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDow ...
, Residency Fellowship *2012: 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship *2009: Amanda Davis Returning Fellowship,
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an author's conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1926, it has been called by ''The New Yorker'' "the oldest and most ...
*2008: 2009 Poetry Fellowship from the
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NEA: 2009 GRANT AWARDS: Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
*2008: 2007 ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year Award, Finalist *2008: The 2007
Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted ...
in Poetry, Finalist *2008: Northern California Book Award in Poetry, Finalist *2007: The Corporation of
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, Residency Fellowship *2004:
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James Laughlin Award The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book. The award is given by the Academy of American Poets, and is noted as one ...
, Finalist *2003: Stanley P. Young Fellowship,
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an author's conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1926, it has been called by ''The New Yorker'' "the oldest and most ...
*2002: Norma Farber Poetry Award, Finalist *1992:
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Scholarship in Poetry, Sewanee Writers' Conference *1992: Grolier Poetry Prize


See also

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Physician writer Physician writers are physicians who write creatively in fields outside their practice of medicine. The following is a partial list of physician-writers by historic epoch or century in which the author was born, arranged in alphabetical order. An ...
*
New England Review The ''New England Review'' is an American quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. It was established in 1978 by Sydney Lea Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor ...


Notes


External links


Author's websiteC. Dale Young's weblogC. Dale Young's first published short story in GuernicaR.J. Gibson interviews the author for Lambda Literary
* ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/16/AR2007081602693.html Night Airin this piece from ''
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'' (August 19, 2007),
Robert Pinsky Robert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most o ...
discusses C. Dale Young's poem "Night Air", found in his book, ''The Second Person.''
Peter Campion reviews ''Torn'' in the ''Los Angeles Review of Books''
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