Eric McHenry

Eric McHenry
Born (1972-04-12) April 12, 1972 (age 52)
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materTopeka High School
Beloit College
Boston University
Notable awardsKate Tufts Discovery Award (2007)

Eric McHenry (born April 12, 1972 Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2015-2017.

Life

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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.[1]

His work has appeared in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and AGNI.[2]

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

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Nominations

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  • McHenry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize for poetry seven times.

Works

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Poetry

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  • Potscrubber Lullabies. (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

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Essays

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Edited

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Peggy of the Flint Hills: A Memoir by Zula Bennington Greene (The Woodley Press, 2012

References

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  1. ^ "Poet Laureate". Washburn Review. 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Agni Online". 27 February 2023.
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