Srikanth Reddy (born 1973) is an Indian American writer, scholar, and author of three full-length volumes of poetry. His awards include a 2013 NEA fellowship,[1] a 2013 Creative Capital Award,[2] and a 2018 Guggenheim fellowship.[3] Reddy delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry in fall 2015,[4] and served as a judge for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize.[5]
Life
editHe earned his BA and his PhD from Harvard, and his MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.[6][7]
His poetry has been published in Jacket,[8] Poetry Northwest,[9] Harper's,[10] and The Guardian,[11] and his literary criticism has appeared in the New York Times, Lana Turner, Raritan, PEN America, and other publications.[12]
In October 2021 Reddy was announced as the editor of Phoenix Poets, a book series published by the University of Chicago Press,[13] and in December 2022 he assumed the role of poetry editor for The Paris Review.[14]
Works
edit- Facts for Visitors: Poems. University of California Press. 20 March 2004. ISBN 978-0-520-93759-8.[15][16]
- Voyager. University of California Press. 8 January 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-94826-6.[17]
- Readings in World Literature Omnidawn Pub., 2012, ISBN 9781890650643
- Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry. Oxford University Press, USA. 12 July 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-979102-6.
- Underworld Lit. Wave Books. 4 August 2020. ISBN 9781940696935.[18]
References
edit- ^ "NEA Literature Fellowships". arts.gov. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Underworld Lit". creative-capital.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Srikanth Reddy". gf.org.
- ^ "Bagley Wright Lecture Series". bagleywrightlectures.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Judges". griffinpoetryprize.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Srikanth Reddy". poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Department of English Language and Literature". uchicago.edu. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Srikanth Reddy: Four poems". 19. Jacket Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Voyager, Book 3 (Chapter 6)". poetrynw.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Farther Away". harpers.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Trump V the Statue of Liberty". theguardian.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Srikanth Reddy". srikanthreddypoet.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Phoenix Poets Series to Relaunch in 2023 with Srikanth Reddy as Editor, Rosa Alcalá, Douglas Kearney, and Katie Peterson as Consulting Editors". pressblog.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "A Letter from the Review's New Poetry Editor". theparisreview.org. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Bookslut | Facts for Visitors by Srikanth Reddy". www.bookslut.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ^ Girard, Melissa (Autumn 2005). "Reviewed Work: Facts for Visitors by Srikanth Reddy". Chicago Review. JSTOR 40784036.
- ^ "Donna Seaman reviews 'Voyager' by Srikanth Reddy". www.wbez.org. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
Voyager is a nuanced and haunting book of geopolitical, literary, moral, and spiritual inquiry. Guided by the poet, we envision the infinite mystery of space and the astonishing ingenuity and longevity of the Voyager mission. Srikanth Reddy also takes us on a voyage through the great unknown that resides within each of us––as we each carry our own etched records of memories, wounds, illusions, and hope on our journeys right here on spaceship Earth
- ^ "Underworld Lit by Srikanth Reddy". www.npr.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
External links
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 Two Poets Reading: Jeet Thayil and Srikanth Reddy, University of Chicago Apr 3, 2015 |
- "Srikanth Reddy recorded in Chicago, IL with Suzanne Buffam". A Map of Voices: The Knox Writers’ House Recording Project.
- "The Technocrat's Guide to the Galaxy". Triple Canopy.