Sean Singer (born 1974 in

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) is an American poet. His book ''Discography'' won the

Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition The Yale Series of Younger Poets is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the debut collection of a promising American poet. Established in 1918, the Younger Poets Prize is the longest-running annual literary award in the Uni ...

and the

Norma Farber First Book Award The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of ...

in 2001. His second book ''Honey & Smoke'' was published by Eyewear Publishing in 2015. His third book, ''Today in the Taxi,'' was published by Tupelo Press in 2022.

Life

He graduated from

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in 1997 and from

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in 1999. He lives in New York City. He maintains a daily newsletter on thinking through poetry called ''The Sharpener''. He received a Ph.D. from

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in 2013.

Published works

* *''Honey & smoke'' London : Eyewear Publishing Ltd, 2015. ,

References

External links

''Sean Singer'', Interview, GenJOfficial website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singer, Sean 1974 births Living people 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers American male poets Mexican emigrants to the United States Writers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Washington University in St. Louis alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni Binghamton University faculty Hunter College faculty Rutgers University–Newark alumni William Paterson University faculty Northern Arizona University faculty Barnard College faculty Yale Younger Poets winners