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Name
  
Jonathan Thirkield

Awards
  
Walt Whitman Award

Books
  
The Waker's Corridor

Education
  
Role
  
Poet


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Jonathan Thirkield is an American poet, currently living in New York City.

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Life

Thirkield was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Wesleyan University, and was a Truman Capote Fellow at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. Thirkield was born and raised in New York City.

He achieved critical acclaim for his debut poetry collection, The Waker's Corridor, which won the 2008 Walt Whitman Award, as selected by Linda Bierds and presented by the Academy of American Poets.

His poems have been featured in several journals, including WebConjunctions, The Colorado Review, and American Letters & Commentary, among others.

Works

  • The Waker's Corridor, LSU Press
  • References

    Jonathan Thirkield Wikipedia


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