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Richard Siken

Banner photo credit: Richard Siken, circa 1990. (Courtesy of Cooper Canyon Press)

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Richard SikenRichard Siken is the author of I Do Know Some Things (Copper Canyon Press, 2025), a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry; Blue Jupiters (Copper Canyon Press, 2021); War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015); and Crush (Yale University Press, 2006), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 2004. Siken lives in Tucson.

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B O D Y | Two new poems by Richard SikenRichard Siken is a poet and painter. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück.

[POEM] True Love by Richard Siken

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Reaserch & Articles:

The Return of Richard SikenAfter achieving a rare crossover hit with 2005’s Crush, the poet rebelled against public attention. With I Do Know Some Things, he splays himself open for his readers.

Into the Siken-Verse: Fandom cruelty and the growth of anti-intellectualism in fandom spacesThere’s no shame in saying that if I were to rank how much time I spend engaging in fandom in comparison to more fruitful endeavors like sleep or budgeting for the upcoming recession, it would still be firmly placed in my top three activities. I was part of fandom culture before most websites would be...

Stephanie Burt · On Richard SikenWhen Didion declared ‘we tell ourselves stories in order to live,’ she meant that we lie to ourselves all the time....

Richard Siken - Behind the Byline - New Englad Review

Richie Hofmann: How Richard Siken's Crush Changed American PoetryAn analysis of two waves of the Richard Siken craze, beginning with the 2004 publication of his first collection of poetry, Crush.

Richard Siken on the Most Fundamental Poetic Device There IsLit Hub is excited to feature another entry in a new series from Poets.org: “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Richard Siken. Siken …

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