John Poch (born 1966 in
Erie, Pennsylvania
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) 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 (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
, fiction writer, and critic.
Biography
John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the
University of Florida
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and a Ph.D. in English from the
University of North Texas
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. He was the inaugural
Colgate University
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Creative Writing Fellow, and from 2001 to 2023 he taught in the creative writing program at
Texas Tech University
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. He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the
University of North Texas Press, and for ten years edited
32 Poems with poet
Deborah Ager.
In 2023, Poch accepted the position of Professor of English and Creative Writing at
Grace College in
Winona Lake, Indiana
Winona Lake is a town in Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, and the major suburb of Warsaw. Its population was 4,908 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Winona Lake is now contiguous to Warsaw, the two towns having merged ...
. In this role, he has also served as one of the original organizers of th
Winona Christian Writer's Conference
Awards
* Fulbright Core Scholar Fellowship (University of Barcelona, 2014)
* New Criterion Poetry Prize
* Donald Justice Poetry Prize
* Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize
* Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship
* The Nation/Discovery Prize
Publications
Poetry collections
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Chad Davidson
Chad Davidson (born 1970 in Southern California) is an American poet and translator.
Biography
Chad Davidson holds a BA, MA, and PhD in English from California State University, San Bernardino, the University of North Texas, and Binghamton Univer ...
and John Poch.
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* ''Gracious: Poems from the 21st Century South''. Texas Tech University Press. 2020.
* ''Cantiamo, Prendiamo Il Coltello'' (translated by Pietro Federico). Edizioni Ensemble. 2022.
* Pietro Federico, ''Most of the Stars: An American Song'' (translator). St Augustine's Press. 2025.
Criticism
* ''God's Poems: The Beauty of Poetry and the Christian Imagination''. St Augustine's Press. 2022.
* ''Notes on the Poet: A Little Book of Criticism''. Measure Press. 2023.
Chapbook
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Online Works
PBS Interview"Liquid Italy", Linebreak"Shrike", Videopoem"Sonnet on Time", Videopoem"3 Prose Poems", Hobart"The Ghost Town", ''Verse Daily''"February Flu", ''Paris Review''"Elegy for a Suicide", ''Poetry''
References
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Living people
32 Poems people
American male poets
Texas Tech University faculty
1966 births
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers