Anders Carlson-Wee
{{Short description|American poet}}
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Vanderbilt University
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| notableworks = Disease of Kings
The Low Passions
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Anders Carlson-Wee is an American poet. His first collection, The Low Passions, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019.{{Cite web |title=The Low Passions |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393358582 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=wwnorton.com |language=en}} Norton published his second collection, Disease of Kings, in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Disease of Kings |url=https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324064701 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.wwnorton.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.anderscarlsonwee.com/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Anders Carlson-Wee |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Carlson-Wee was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota{{Cite web |title=Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/anders_carlsonwee |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Poets & Writers |date=12 October 2018 |language=en}} to Lutheran pastor parents, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota.{{Cite web |title=Midwestern Gothic – A Literary Journal » Blog Archive » Interview: Anders and Kai Carlson-Wee |url=http://midwestgothic.com/2017/11/interview-anders-and-kai-carlson-wee/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-anders-carlson-wee-poet/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.shoutoutla.com |date=12 June 2023 |language=en}} He is a former professional rollerblader,{{Cite web |title=Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/anders-carlson-wee |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.arts.gov |language=en}} and has written extensively about dumpster diving,{{Cite web |title=An American Disease Anders Carlson-Wee on Dumpster Diving in a Culture of Waste |url=https://www.thesunmagazine.org/news/an-american-disease |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.thesunmagazine.org |language=en}} as well as hopping freight trains and traveling the country.{{Cite web |title=Slice Magazine {{!}} An Interview with Anders Carlson-Wee, by Christopher Locke |url=https://slicemagazine.org/anders-carlson-wee/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |language=en-US}} He has dyslexia.{{Cite web |title=The Eye for True |url=https://www.therupturemag.com/blog/the-eye-for-true |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Rupture |date=23 August 2019 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Lay It Bare: Joy Baglio Interviews Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.thecommononline.org/lay-it-bare-joy-baglio-interviews-anders-carlson-wee/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.thecommononline.org |date=9 October 2023 |language=en}}
He has two brothers: poet and filmmaker Kai Carlson-Wee and entrepreneur Olaf Carlson-Wee.
Career
Carlson-Wee studied at Fairhaven College of Western Washington University before earning his MFA at Vanderbilt University.{{Cite web |last=Carlson-Wee |first=Anders |date=2015-06-24 |title=Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/anders-carlson-wee |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.narrativemagazine.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2014 |title=National Endowment for the Arts awards fellowship to Vanderbilt MFA student |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/12/05/national-endowment-for-the-arts-awards-fellowship-to-vanderbilt-mfa-student/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Vanderbilt University |language=en-US}}
His poems have been published in various journals and magazines including The Paris Review,{{Cite web |title=The Paris Review, "Hired" by Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7463/hired-anders-carlson-wee |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theparisreview.org |language=en}} Harvard Review,{{Cite web |title=Harvard Review "The Family" by Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.harvardreview.org/content/the-family/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.harvardreview.org |language=en}} BuzzFeed,{{Cite web |title=BuzzFeed "Trophy" by Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anderscalrsonwee/poetry-trophy |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.buzzfeednews.com |date=30 January 2018 |language=en}} The American Poetry Review,{{Cite web |title=American Poetry Review Sep/Oct 2023 Issue |url=https://aprweb.org/issue-index/2023-september-october |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.aprweb.org |language=en}} Ploughshares,{{Cite web |title=Ploughshares Author Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.pshares.org/authors/anders-carlson-wee |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.pshares.org |language=en}} and Virginia Quarterly Review.{{Cite web |title=VQR Author Anders Carlson-Wee |url=https://www.vqronline.org/people/anders-carlson-wee |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.vqronline.org |language=en}}
Anders is co-director of the poetry film Riding the Highline, which has won numerous prizes at film festivals.{{Citation |last=Carlson-Wee |first=Kai |title=Riding the Highline |date=2015-04-07 |url=https://vimeo.com/124288641 |access-date=2023-01-19}}
Awards and fellowships
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Poetry International Prize
- McKnight Artist Fellowship
- Frost Place Chapbook Prize
Publications
- Disease of Kings, W. W. Norton & Company, 2023
- The Low Passions, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019
- Two Headed Boy with Kai Carlson-Wee, Organic Weapon Arts, 2016
- Mercy Songs with Kai Carlson-Wee, Diode Editions, 2016
- Dynamite, Bull City Press, 2015
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.anderscarlsonwee.com/}}
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Category:Writers from Minneapolis
Category:Writers from Minnesota
Category:21st-century American poets
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:Writers with dyslexia