Richard Siken
Richard Siken is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is best known for his poetry collection Crush, which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. His subsequent collections include War of the Foxes (2015) and I Do Know Some Things (2025), the latter of which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- University of Arizona
- Awards
- 🏆 Lambda Literary Award
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1967
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