Eric McHenry
{{short description|American poet (born 1972)}}
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|birth_place=Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
|occupation=Poet
|alma_mater=Topeka High School
Beloit College
Boston University
|awards=Kate Tufts Discovery Award (2007)
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Eric McHenry (born April 12, 1972 Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2015-2017.
Life
McHenry is a 5th-generation Topekan and Topeka High School graduate. He graduated from Beloit College and Boston University. In April 2015 he was appointed to a two-year term as Poet Laureate of Kansas by the Kansas Humanities Council.{{cite web | title=Poet Laureate | url=http://www.washburnreview.org/news/article_53cc5e26-ee31-11e4-9ccc-73c053baa5d6.html | publisher=Washburn Review | year=2015 | accessdate=July 5, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
His work has appeared in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and AGNI.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/E/Eric-McHenry.html|title = Agni Online| date=27 February 2023 }}
He lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his family. He has taught at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas since 2008.
McHenry currently holds the position of Associate Professor of English and teaches Beginning Poetry Writing as well as Advanced College Writing.
Awards
- 2007 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
- Academy of American Poets Prize
- 2011 Theodore Roethke Prize
- 2017 TLS Mick Imlah Poetry Prize (2nd place)
Nominations
- McHenry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry seven times.
Works
=Poetry=
- {{cite book| title=Potscrubber Lullabies| publisher=(The Waywiser Press, 2006| isbn=978-1-904130-22-2 }}
- Odd Evening (The Waywiser Press, 2016.
- Mommy Daddy Evan Sage (The Waywiser Press, 2011.
=Anthology=
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GR9ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Eric+McHenry| title=The Pushcart Prize Xxviii 2004: Best of the Small Presses| editor=Bill Henderson| publisher=The Pushcart Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-888889-37-6 }}
=Essays=
- [http://www.slate.com/?id=115900 "Auden on Bin Laden", Slate, Sept. 20, 2001]
=Edited=
Peggy of the Flint Hills: A Memoir by Zula Bennington Greene (The Woodley Press, 2012
References
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External links
- [http://www.washburnreview.org/news/article_53cc5e26-ee31-11e4-9ccc-73c053baa5d6.html McHenry named Poet Laureate of Kansas]{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://kansashumanities.org/ Kansas Humanities Council]
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Category:Writers from Topeka, Kansas
Category:Beloit College alumni
Category:Boston University alumni
Category:Poets laureate of Kansas
Category:21st-century American poets