Terence Winch

Terence Winch has published five earlier books of poems—Falling Out of Bed in a Room with No Floor (Hanging Loose Press, 2011), Boy Drinkers (Hanging Loose, 2007), The Drift of Things (The Figures, 2001), Irish Musicians/American Friends (Coffee House Press, 1986), which won an American Book Award, and The Great Indoors (Story Line Press, 1995), which won the Columbia Book Award.  That Special Place: New World Irish Stories (Hanging Loose, 2004) is a collection of non-fiction pieces on his experiences playing traditional Irish music. He has also published a book of short stories called Contenders (Story Line, 1989) and numerous chapbooks.  His work has appeared in more than 30 anthologies, including The Oxford Book of American Poetry (2006), Poetry 180 (2003), Best American Poetry (1997, 2003, 2007; 2010), and in such publications as The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, New American Writing, Conduit, Magma (UK), The New Republic, Shiny, Verse, Smartish Pace, et al. He was the subject of a profile on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and has been featured many times on Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac” radio program. He has received an NEA Fellowship in poetry, as well as grants from the DC Commission on the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Fund for Poetry.  He is also the winner of a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing. See www.terencewinch.com