Richard Siken

Richard Siken is a poet and painter. His book Crush was selected by Louise Glück for the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, won a Lambda Literary Award and a Thom Gunn Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His second book, War of the Foxes, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2015. Siken is a recipient of fellowships from Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.