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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