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Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander is the editor of Mouth to Mouth, a
bilingual anthology of contemporary Mexican poets, and the
author of five books, including Torn Awake and
Science & Steepleflower from New Directions. His
other titles include Rush to the Lake,
Lynchburg and Deeds of Utmost Kindness.
In 2002, Gander's translations, No Shelter: Selected
Poems of Pura López Colomé and his
translations with Kent Johnson, Immanent Visitor: The
Selected Poems of Jaime Saenz, were released. He has
been the recipient of two Gertrude Stein Awards for
Innovative North American Writing and a Whiting Award for
Writers. His critical essays appear in The Nation, The
Boston Review, and The Providence Journal, among other
places. Together with C.D. Wright, he co-edits the literary
book press Lost Roads Publishers and keeps a small orchard
outside Providence.
Gander is Professor of English and Comparative
Literature and Director of the Graduate Program in literary
Arts at Brown University.
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