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Terrance Hayes (born November 18, 1971) is an American poet and educator who has published seven poetry collections. His 2010 collection, Lighthead, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010. In September 2014, he was one of 21 recipients of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, awarded to individuals who show outstanding creativity in their work...He was a Professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University until 2013, at which time he joined the faculty at the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he teaches at New York University.
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Books by Terrance Hayes
One of the books below is available to read for free through Internet Archive. However, to read it, you must sign up for a free Internet Archive account. Those not available to read online can be borrowed from an Allegheny County public library.
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Wind in a Box
How to Be Drawn
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
So to Speak
Watch Your Language
Web Resources
“Of Headspace and Fire”: An Interview with Terrance Hayes (Library of Congresss)
'I Think of Metaphor as a Gesture of Empathy': An Interview with Terrance Hayes (Review 31)
The White Review's Dinner Interview With Terrance Hayes (Poetry Foundation)
Interview with Terrance Hayes (Katonah Poetry Series)
The Poet Terrance Hayes Says Hope,Like Faith, Has Little to Do with Reason (Interview Magazine)
Poet Terrance Hayes holds a mirror to history, headlines and himself in 'So To Speak' (NPR)
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