John Poch

John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, fiction writer, and critic.

John Poch
Born1966
OccupationAuthor/Professor

Biography

John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida[1] and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas.[2] He was the inaugural Colgate University Creative Writing Fellow, and from 2001 to 2023 he taught in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University.[3] He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the University of North Texas Press, and for ten years edited 32 Poems with poet Deborah Ager.[4]

Awards
  • Fulbright Core Scholar Fellowship (University of Barcelona, 2014) [5]
  • New Criterion Poetry Prize [6]
  • Donald Justice Poetry Prize [7]
  • Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize [8]
  • Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship [9]
  • The Nation/Discovery Prize [10]

Publications

Poetry collections
  • Between Two Rivers. Texas Tech University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781682830383.
  • TEXASES. Wordfarm. 2019. ISBN 9781602260221.
  • Longsuffering.
  • Fix Quiet. St. Augustine's Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1587312694.
  • Dolls. Orchises Press. 2009. ISBN 9781932535204.
  • Two Men Fighting with a Knife. Story Line Press. 2008. ISBN 9780978599799.
  • Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle. Flying Horse Editions. 2007.
  • Chad Davidson and John Poch. Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection. St. Martin's Press. 2006. ISBN 9780312356071.
  • Poems. Orchises Press. 2004. ISBN 9781932535006.
  • Old Flame (editor, with Deborah Ager and Bill Beverly). WordFarm Press. 2012.

Chapbook
  • In Defense of the Fall. Trilobite Press. 2000.

Online Works

References
  1. "Alumni & Alumnae Teaching at Universities". web.english.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31.
  2. "John Poch". 22 September 2021.
  3. "Verse Daily: About Two Men Fighting with a Knife by John Poch".
  4. http://www.english.ttu.edu/general_info/directory/faculty_profile_pages/poch_detailed.asp#internet
  5. "John Poch | Fulbright Scholar Program".
  6. "John Poch wins 2014 New Criterion Poetry Prize".
  7. "Professor Receives Prestigious Donald Justice Poetry Prize | July | 2008 | Texas Tech Today | TTU".
  8. http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
  9. http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
  10. http://www.english.ttu.edu/faculty_profiles/honors_awards_P_to_R.asp#poch
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