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James Kimbrell

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James Kimbrell
Born (1967-08-10) August 10, 1967 (age 57)
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Alma materUniversity of Southern Mississippi
University of Virginia
University of Missouri
GenrePoetry

James Kimbrell (born 1967) is an American poet.

Life

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As an undergraduate he majored in philosophy at Millsaps College, where his poetry was first published in the literary magazine Stylus.[1]

He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with an M.A., from University of Virginia with an MFA, and from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri with a Ph.D. He teaches at Florida State University.[2]

His work has appeared in Poetry,[3] Field, Fence,[4] The Nation, and Prairie Schooner.

Awards

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  • 1998 Whiting Award
  • Ruth Lilly Fellowship
  • "Discovery"/The Nation Award
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship
  • Academy of American Poets Prize
  • National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2005
  • 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
  • National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2017[5]

Works

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Books

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  • Smote. Sarabande Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-941411-09-4.
  • My Psychic. Sarabande Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-932511-25-3.
  • The Gatehouse Heaven. Sarabande Books. 1998. ISBN 978-1-889330-13-6.

Translations

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Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ "Interview with James Kimbrell," Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Stylus: 2008 Stylus http://www.millsaps.edu/student_life/student_publications_stylus.php/ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The English Department at Florida State University". www.english.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2023-04-02). "Blackberry Winter by James Kimbrell". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ Wolff, Rebecca (2000-01-01). Fence. Fence Magazine, Incorporated. ISBN 9780966332452.
  5. ^ "James Kimbrell". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
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