James Arthur (poet)

James Arthur (born 1974, in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American poet. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and undertook his graduate work at the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.

Arthur’s poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, Ploughshares, and The American Poetry Review. Other honors include a Stegner Fellowship, the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, and the Discovery/The Nation Prize.

Arthur's debut book Charms Against Lightning[1] was published in 2012 by Copper Canyon Press. It was a 2012 Lannan Literary Selection,[2] and a shortlisted nominee for the Canadian Gerald Lampert Award.[3]

Arthur lives in Baltimore, Maryland and is an assistant professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.[4]

Poetry
gollark: As I said, if people know "hmm yes if I do bad things to this person they will have VENGEANCE" they are less likely to do those bad things.
gollark: Or I guess not even in that weird way.
gollark: > vengeance is a vicious cycle and doesn't actually help anyoneAh, but it *does*, acausally speaking in some confusing way.
gollark: if you make a credible precommitment to take revenge in advance, people might not even *cause* you to require vengeance in the first place!
gollark: What's wrong with vengeance?

References
  1. Site developed by Sage Computer Services (www.sagecomputerservices.com sage@sagecomputerservices.com). "Charms Against Lightning, poetry by James Arthur". Copper Canyon Press. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. "Copper Canyon Press - Lannan Foundation". Lannan.org. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. "League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 5, 2013.
  4. "Association of Writers & Writing Programs". Retrieved 2013-10-03.
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