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Morri Creech (born 1970)[1] is an American poet. He earned a BA at Winthrop University and an MA and MFA at McNeese State University. His collection The Sleep of Reason was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and his collection Field Knowledge (2006) won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize from Waywiser Press. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation,[2] and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.[3] He is the Writer in Residence at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4]
In 2025, Creech's poem An Ordinary Childhood won the Rattle Poetry Prize, winning $15,000.[5]
Bibliography
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Poetry
[edit]- Collections
- Field knowledge. London: The Waywiser Press. 2006.
- The sleep of reason. London: The Waywiser Press. 2013.
- The sentence : poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2023.
- List of poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| The dead | 2023 | Creech, Morri (Summer 2023). "The dead". 32 Poems. 41: 10. | |
| Bedtime metaphysics | 2023 | Creech, Morri (Summer 2023). "Bedtime metaphysics". 32 Poems. 41: ?. | |
| The marriage | 2025 | Creech, Morri (Winter 2025). "The marriage". 32 Poems. 44: 8. | |
| Wind and sea | 2025 | Creech, Morri (Winter 2025). "Wind and sea". 32 Poems. 44: 9. |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Morri Creech". 24 September 2021.
- ↑ "Morri Creech". waywiser-press.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ↑ "MFA in Creative Writing Poetry Faculty" (PDF). queens.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ↑ "BIO".
- ↑ "2025 Rattle Poetry Prize Results". Rattle Poetry (90). 2026-05-25.
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