Eric McHenry

Eric McHenry (born April 12, 1972 Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Kansas from 2015-2017.

Life

McHenry graduated from Topeka High School. He graduated from Beloit College and from Boston University. In April 2015 he was appointed to a two-year term as Poet Laureate of Kansas by the Kansas Humanities Council.[1]

His work has appeared in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and AGNI.[2]

He lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his family. He currently teaches at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, where he holds the position of Associate Professor of English.

Awards

  • 2007 Kate Tufts Discovery Award

Works

Poetry

  • Potscrubber Lullabies. Waywiser. 2006. ISBN 978-1-904130-22-2.

Anthology

Essays

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References

  1. "Poet Laureate". Washburn Review. 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  2. http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/E/Eric-McHenry.html
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