Shane Book
Shane Book's poetry appears in journals in the US, UK, and Canada and in many anthologies, most recently
Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press, 2006). He was educated at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Victoria, New York University, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Stanford where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry. The recipient of scholarships to Cave Canem, the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and Breadloaf, his awards include a New York Times Fellowship in Poetry, the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and a National Magazine Award. He teaches literature and creative writing at Stanford, and is producing and directing the documentary film, Laborland.
Posted on February 16, 2005 5:16 AM
