Julien Poirier
| Julien Poirier | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Francisco, CA |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Website | http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/julien-poirier/ |
Julien Poirier (born 1970) is an American poet born in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of several poetry collections, and the editor of an anthology of writing and a book of travel journals.
Biography
Julien Poirier was born in 1970 and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Porier received his education at Columbia University in New York City. He is also a founding member of Ugly Duckling Presse Collective.[1] He has taught poetry in New York City public schools and at San Quentin State Prison. He currently lives in Berkeley with his wife and two daughters.
Publications
Poirier has published numerous poetry collections,[2] including El Golpe Chileño (Ugly Duckling, 2010),[3] Stained Glass Windows of California (Ugly Duckling, 2012), Way Too West (Bootstrap, 2015) and Out of Print (City Lights).[4] In 2005, he published an experimental newspaper novel, Living! Go and Dream (Ugly Duckling).[5]
Poirier is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based non-profit Ugly Duckling Presse Collective. He was also editor of the newspaper New York Nights from 2001 to 2006. He is the editor of an anthology of writing by Jack Micheline, One of a Kind (Ugly Duckling, 2008), and a book of travel journals by Bill Berkson, Invisible Oligarchs (Ugly Duckling, 2015).
References
- ↑ "Julien Poirier Author Biography". City Lights Booksellers and Publishers. City Lights Publishers. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ↑ Poirier, Julien. "Strictly Amateur". poetryfoundation.org. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Black, Noel. "Julien Poirier". Bomb Magazine online. Bomb Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Julien Poirier". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ Marinovich, Filip. "Reading Julian Poirer's Poetry". EOAGH. EOAGH. Retrieved September 25, 2015.