Blas Falconer
American poet
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Blas Falconer is an American poet, editor, and professor.
Works
Blas Falconer is the author of four full-length poetry collections: A Question of Gravity and Light (University of Arizona Press, 2007); The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012); Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018); and Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024), which won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry.[1] His poems have appeared in literary journals, including The Adroit Journal,[2] Alaska Quarterly Review[3], Green Mountains Review[4], The Harvard Review[5], The New York Times[6], Poetry[7], and Terrain.org[8].
Along with poets Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa, Falconer co-edited Mentor & Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010).[9] With writer Lorraine M. López, Falconer co-edited The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011).[10]
Falconer is Editor in Chief of Poetry International Online.[11] Previously, he served as the poetry editor for both Zone 3 Press and Zone 3.[12][13]
Biography
Raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., Falconer spent most summers in Salinas, Puerto Rico, with his maternal grandmother.[14] Falconer is a Professor of Poetry in the MFA program at San Diego State University.[15]
Education
Falconer holds a B.A. from George Mason University,[16] an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston.[17]
Awards
Bibliography
Poetry collections
- The Perfect Hour (Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, 2006). ISBN 1929355319.
- A Question of Gravity and Light (University of Arizona Press, 2007). ISBN 0816526222.[21]
- The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012). ISBN 188480098X.[22]
- Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018). ISBN 1945588179.[23]
- Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024). ISBN 1961897024.[24][25][26]
Edited essay collections
- Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), co-edited with Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa. ISBN 0809329891.
- The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011), co-edited with Lorraine M. López. ISBN 0816528675.[27][28]